Boo Primer

by Cameron Kenneth Knight

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

A version is also available in Traditional Chinese, translated by Yan-ren Tsai aka Elleryq.

The english version is downloadable in a PDF.

• 1. Starting out
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. Hello, World!
  • 1.3. Comparing code between Boo, C#, and VB.NET
  • 1.4. Booish
  • 1.5. Exercises
• 2. Variables
  • 2.1. Using Booish as a Calculator
  • 2.2. Types of Numbers
  • 2.3. Characters and Strings
  • 2.4. String Interpolation
  • 2.5. Booleans
  • 2.6. Object Type
  • 2.7. Declaring a Type
  • 2.8. List of Value Types
  • 2.9. Exercises
• 3. Flow control and Conditionals
  • 3.1. If Statement
  • 3.2. If-Else Statement
  • 3.3. If-Elif-Else Statement
  • 3.4. Unless Statement
  • 3.5. Statement with Modifier
  • 3.6. Not Condition
  • 3.7. Combining Conditions
  • 3.8. Exercises
• 4. Flow control and Loops
  • 4.1. For Loop
  • 4.2. While Loop
  • 4.3. Continue Keyword
  • 4.4. While-Break-Unless Loop
  • 4.5. Pass Keyword
  • 4.6. Exercises
• 5. Containers and Casting
  • 5.1. Lists
  • 5.2. Slicing
  • 5.3. Arrays
  • 5.4. List to Array Conversion
  • 5.5. Casting
  • 5.6. Hashes
  • 5.7. Exercises