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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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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

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 11. Assessments
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Running and compiling your first script

Experimenting in the REPL is fine for small code fragments and you should definitely use it, but soon you will want to keep your code in a file. Use your preferred code editor (or look at the last Development environments for writing Red section of this chapter for editors and IDEs with support for Red development) and type in the following text:

;-- see Chapter02/hello-world.red:
Red [
Title: "Simple hello world script"
]
print "Hello Red World!"

Save the file as hello-world.red; .red is the extension for Red source code files.

The Red [ ] header block is mandatory; we'll see its purpose in the next chapter.

Executing a script in the Red console

Using the Red...

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