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I think it actually has helped. The Elementary app store is filled with nice Elementary-specific apps.

Their getting started docs are quite beginner-friendly https://elementary.io/docs/code/getting-started#getting-star...

I was looking through some of their sources, and that was the first encounter I’d had with Vala. If anything, it makes me more interested in potentially contributing.

Now, whether the tooling is up to snuff is another question. If it’s not, then the language choice could still end up being a turn-off, if not an immediate one.

Maybe. It didn't scare off me, though. It piqued my interest!

Oh, me too...

"Familiar to anyone who's seen C#, but maintains API/ABI compatibility with C"