Vala is a strange beast, but it's type-safe and expressive enough that the code for most Pantheon apps is pretty easy to navigate. Compared to dealing with Appl

Vala is a strange beast, but it's type-safe and expressive enough that the code for most Pantheon apps is pretty easy to navigate. Compared to dealing with Apple's frustrating bug reporter or Ubuntu's launchpad system, reporting or even fixing a Pantheon bug on GitHub feels like a breath of fresh air. That said, the current Loki (0.4) release is in maintenance mode already; I'd wait for the Juno (5.0) release.