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Learn Red ? Fundamentals of Red

You're reading from   Learn Red ? Fundamentals of Red Get up and running with the Red language for full-stack development

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789130706
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ivo Balbaert Ivo Balbaert
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
1. Red's Mission FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up for Development 3. Using Words, Values, and Types 4. Code-Controlling Structures 5. Working with Series and Blocks 6. Using Functions and Objects 7. Working with Files 8. Parsing Data 9. Composing Visual Interfaces 10. Advanced Red 1. Assessments
2. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Embedded Red and macros


In this short section, we will touch on some advanced topics in Red that you should know about. We'll give you references to more detailed descriptions in case you need them for your projects.

Embedded Red

Software written in languages other than Red can interact with Red through libRed, a special version of the Red interpreter and runtime library. That way, for example, a C program can interact with a Red environment. Bindings also exist for Visual Basic, Ruby, and Julia (https://github.com/joa-quim/Red.jl). Detailed docs are at https://doc.red-lang.org/en/libred.html and https://github.com/red/red/wiki/libRedfor additional examples.

Macros

Another feature many modern programming languages have is macros. Macros are about transforming code at runtime. By now, you should be convinced that Red is already well equipped to do that with minimal effort; think about all you can do with do, reduce, and load. After all, code is data and data is code!  Because Red is first of...

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