When I was a bloody beginner and a total noob to vala there were people, who patiently helped me.
No question was too dumb for them to answer.
I promised I would thank you and I do:
Pascal Garber
Igor Azevedo
Canek Peláez
Yannick Inizan
Maciej Piechotka
And the nice vala community on Google+
https://plus.google.com/communities/113287185626826620884