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The main aim of this book is to teach D to readers who are new to computer programming. Although having experience in other programming languages is certainly helpful, this book starts from the basics.
D is a multi-paradigm system programming language that combines a wide range of powerful programming concepts from the lowest to the highest levels. It has C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity in mind.
Each chapter is based on the contents of the previous ones, introducing as few new concepts as possible. It is recommended that the book is read in linear fashion, without skipping chapters if possible.
Although this book was written with beginners in mind, it covers almost all features of D. More experienced programmers can use the book as a D language reference by starting from the index section.
Blurbs from the back cover:
- D is pristine, clean, immensely powerful, and arguably the actual state-of-the-art programming language. Alis book is a gem. Clear, concise, and complete. Olivier Henley
- I have been using Alis online D book to teach D at the university level. It is up-to-date, complete, and most importantly, extremely readable. Having a print version is even better! This is now the go-to book for learning D programming. Chuck Allison, Professor and Chair, Computer Science Department, Utah Valley University
- Alis explanations are succinct and on target. I like that he provides rationale for why D was designed in a particular way and how I can use it most effectively. This is the best computer language book Ive read. Robbin Carlson, Luthier and Enterprise Architect
- I taught a CS2 Data Structures class in D with more success and student appreciation than when using either C++ or Java as its an ideal language to express the relevant concepts at all scales, from detailed to big picture, without needless complexity. Ali ehrelis tutorial played a central role supporting students especially during the first half of the course without it the course simply would not have worked, so many thanks Ali and an important part of that is its linearity it can be read with only backward dependencies. This meant that with hard work even students of little experience and only moderate current abilities could get up to speed, and we saw just that. It is hard to overstate this factor. I unreservedly recommend this book to all. Dr. Carl Sturtivant, University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering
- This book is one of the best guides through the language that Ive seen. Andrew Wray, D Enthusiast
- I encourage anyone considering D to read this book. Not exactly D for Dummies but its easy to follow even if you dont have much experience with compiled languages. bachmeier, Reddit user
- Having worked through the book, I have to say this is one of the easiest to follow and distraction free read there is and the fact that it made learning a new language a total breeze really impressed me. Imran Khan, Student
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Programming in D
First Edition
Ali ehreli
Edited by Lus Marques
Programming in D, First Edition
Revision: 2015-12-11
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Those of us who know Ali might notice his book on D is imbued with its author's personality: straightforward, patient, and nice without being pandering.
There is purpose in every sentence, and with each, a step forward is being made; not too fast, and not too slow. "Note that opApply() itself is implemented by a foreach loop. As a result, the foreach inside main() ends up making indirect use of a foreach over the points member." And so it goes, in just as many words as needed. And in the right order, too; Ali does an admirable job at presenting language concepts which especially to a beginner overwhelmingly come "in parallel" in a sequential manner.
But there's another thing I like most about "Programming in D": it's a good book for learning programming in general. See, a good introductory book on Haskell implicitly teaches functional programming along the way; one on C would come with systems programming notions in tow; one on Python with scripting, and so on. What would, then, a good introductory text to D teach in subtext? At best, Programming with a capital P.
D fosters a "use the right tool for the job" attitude, and allows its user to tap into a wide range of programming techniques, without throwing too many idiosyncrasies in the way. The most fun way to approach coding in D is with an open mind, because for each design that starts to get stilted there is opportunity to mold it into the right design choosing a different implementation, approach, or paradigm altogether. To best choose what's most fitting, the engineer must know the gamut of what's possible and "Programming in D" is a great way to equip one's intellect with that knowledge. Internalizing it helps not only writing good code in D, but writing good code, period.
There's good tactical advice, too, to complement the teaching of programming and language concepts. Timeless teaching on avoiding code duplication, choosing good names, aiming for good decomposition, and more it's all there, quick-and-dirty hacks iteratively annealed into robust solutions, just as they should in normal practice. Instead of falling for getting things done quickly, "Programming in D" focuses on getting things done properly, to the lasting benefit of its reader.
I've long suspected D is a good first programming language to learn. It exposes its user to a variety of concepts systems, functional, object oriented, generic, generative candidly and without pretense. And so does Ali's book, which seems to me an excellent realization of that opportunity.
Andrei Alexandrescu
San Francisco, May 2015
D is a multi-paradigm system programming language that combines a wide range of powerful programming concepts from the lowest to the highest levels. It emphasizes memory safety, program correctness, and pragmatism.
The main aim of this book is to teach D to readers who are new to computer programming. Although having experience in other programming languages is certainly helpful, this book starts from the basics.
In order for this book to be useful, you will need an environment to write, compile, and run your D programs. This development environment must include at least a D compiler and a text editor. We will learn how to install a compiler and how to compile programs in the next chapter.
Each chapter is based on the contents of the previous ones, introducing as few new concepts as possible. I recommend that you read the book in linear fashion, without skipping chapters. Although this book was written with beginners in mind, it covers almost all features of D. More experienced programmers can use the book as a D language reference by starting from the index section.
Some chapters include exercises and their solutions so that you can write small programs and compare your methods to mine.
Computer programming is a satisfying craft that involves continuously discovering and learning new tools, techniques, and concepts. I am sure you will enjoy programming in D at least as much as I do. Learning to program is easier and more fun when shared with others. Take advantage of the D.learn newsgroup to follow discussions and to ask and answer questions.
This book is available in other languages as well, including Turkish and French.
I am indebted to the following people who have been instrumental during the evolution of this book:
Mert Ataol, Zafer elenk, Salih Diner, Can Alpay ifti, Faruk Erdem ncel, Muhammet Aydn (aka Meng Kaan), Ergin Gney, Jordi Sayol, David Herberth, Andre Tampubolon, Gour-Gadadhara Dasa, Raphal Jakse, Andrej Mitrovi, Johannes Pfau, Jerome Sniatecki, Jason Adams, Ali H. alkan, Paul Jurczak, Brian Rogoff, (Mihails Strasuns), Joseph Rushton Wakeling, Tove, Hugo Florentino, Satya Pothamsetti, Lus Marques, Christoph Wendler, Daniel Nielsen, Ketmar Dark, Pavel Lukin, Jonas Fiala, Norman Hardy, Rich Morin, Douglas Foster, Paul Robinson, Sean Garratt, Stphane Goujet, Shammah Chancellor, Steven Schveighoffer, Robbin Carlson, Bubnenkov Dmitry Ivanovich, Bastiaan Veelo, Stphane Goujet, Olivier Pisano, Dave Yost, Tomasz Miazek-Mioduszewski, Gerard Vreeswijk, Justin Whear, Gerald Jansen, Sylvain Gault, and Shriramana Sharma.
Thanks especially to Lus Marques who, through his hard work, improved every chapter of the book. If you find any part of this book useful, it is likely due to his diligent editing.
Thanks to Lus Marques, Steven Schveighoffer, Andrej Mitrovi, Robbin Carlson, and Ergin Gney for their suggestions that elevated this book from my Inglish to English.
I am grateful to the entire D community for keeping my enthusiasm and motivation high. D has an amazing community of tireless individuals like bearophile and Kenji Hara.
Ebru, Damla, and Derin, thank you for being so patient and supportive while I was lost writing these chapters.
Ali ehreli
Mountain View, November 2015
The first program to show in most programming language books is the hello world program. This very short and simple program merely writes "hello world" and finishes. This program is important because it includes some of the essential concepts of that language.
Here is a hello world program in D:
import std.stdio; void main() { writeln( "Hello world!" );}The source code above needs to be compiled by a D compiler to produce an executable program.
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