Boo Primer

by Charles Kenneth Knight

A version is also available in Portuguese, translated by Cássio Rogério Eskelsen.

1. Starting Out
   • Hello, World!
   • Comparing code between Boo, C#, and VB.NET
   • Booish
   • Exercises
2. Variables
   • Using Booish as a Calculator
   • Types of Numbers
   • Characters and Strings
   • String Interpolation
   • Booleans
   • Object Type
   • Declaring a Type
   • List of Value Types
   • Exercises
3. Flow Control - Conditionals
   • If Statement
   • If-Else Statement
   • If-Elif-Else Statement
   • Unless Statement
   • Statement with Modifier
   • Not Condition
   • Combining Conditions
   • Exercises
4. Flow Control - Loops
   • For Loop
   • While Loop
   • Continue Keyword
   • While-Break-Unless Loop
   • Pass Keyword
   • Exercises
5. Containers and Casting
   • Lists
   • Slicing
   • Arrays
   • List to Array Conversion
   • Casting
   • Hashes
   • Exercises
6. Operators
   • Mathematical
   • Relational and Logical
   • Types
   • Primary
   • Unary
   • Difference between Pre and Post Increment/Decrement
   • Exercises
7. Functions
   • Builtin Functions
   • Defining Your Own Functions
   • Arguments
   • Function Overloading
   • Variable Arguments
   • Exercises
8. Classes
   • Defining a Class
   • Fields and Properties
   • Class Modifiers
   • Inheritance
   • Interfaces
   • Exercises
9. Methods
   • Defining a Method
   • Class Constructor and Destructor
   • Method Modifiers
   • Member Visibility
   • Declaring Properties in the Constructor
   • Exercises
10. Polymorphism, or Inherited Methods
    • Exercises
11. Structs
    • Declaring a Struct
    • Exercises
12. Namespaces
    • Declaring a Namespace
    • Importing Another Namespace
    • Exercises
13. Enumerations
    • Declaring an Enumeration
    • Exercises
14. Exceptions
    • Catching Exceptions
    • Raising Exceptions
    • Exercises
15. Functions as Objects and Multithreading
    • Exercises
16. Generators
    • Generator Expressions
    • Generator Methods
    • Exercises
17. Macros
    • print Macro
    • assert Macro
    • using Macro
    • lock Macro
    • debug Macro
18. Duck typing
    • Exercises
19. Using the Boo Compiler
    • Command-line Options
    • Using NAnt
20. Structure of a Boo Project
    • On the Project-level
    • On the File-level
    • On the Class-level
21. Documentation
22. Useful Links