Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Karbon.
Hey all - brand new to PureBASIC and would love some pointers to some basic application tutorials. I see some but they're all dealing with some more advanced topics than I'd like to start with.
Can anyone suggest some good beginner tutorials?
Thanks!!
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by LJ.
Karbon: A very rapid way to learn but it doesn't work for everyone, is to set a goal, ask yourself: "What is the first program I want to right?" Keep the goal reasonable, hey it's your first program in PureBasic so go easy on yourself. When you have this answer, then go into the Examples file folder in your PureBasic directory and check them all out, you probably will find something helpful there. Next, when you are writing your first small program and hit a block, come to this forum then click on the Search link. A search page will come up. Type in some keywords like, if you are having a problem with redrawing a screen, do a search on redraw. Next search on repaint, then try refresh. You will then be deep in the archives of PureBasic where someone else, someone new, just like you, asked or had the same problem and how they got it worked out. Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Knowledge begets knowledge, knowledge builds upon knowledge.
Finally, if you've spent about 15 minutes searching the archive and can't find your answer, post in the Beginners forum your question. Fantasie software has great customer service to answer your questions and also great computer programmer who most often have a code snippet on their computer that answers your question that they will post in the forum for you. Make sure you save the snippets people give you in your Examples folder if they are good.
If this learning approach works for you, you will find that you learn PureBasic very quickly on an "as needed" basis (why learn about 3D gaming and DirectX if your first goal is to write an desktop application?). Some social pointers: to not loose your temper like some have done because then nobody will want to help you if you are mean and yell and are very negative all the time and post with insults, remember to give back a little to someone new that comes after you that might ask a question you know the answer to and have a code snippet to share; like the movie "Pass it Forward" where the kindness others show you, you pass it on to others maybe make 5 or 10 minutes each day to come to the beginner forum and look for someone newer than you or who has a question you can help with, and always say thank you as much as you can to everyone who helps you. I know this seems like common etiquette but why not be nice? Maybe us computer types aren't the best social people in the world but I think we can show kindness, respect, and friendship to each other. Hope something I wrote in this is helpful for you and gives you a sense of direction.
Karbon: A very rapid way to learn but it doesn't work for everyone, is to set a goal, ask yourself: "What is the first program I want to right?" Keep the goal reasonable, hey it's your first program in PureBasic so go easy on yourself. When you have this answer, then go into the Examples file folder in your PureBasic directory and check them all out, you probably will find something helpful there. Next, when you are writing your first small program and hit a block, come to this forum then click on the Search link. A search page will come up. Type in some keywords like, if you are having a problem with redrawing a screen, do a search on redraw. Next search on repaint, then try refresh. You will then be deep in the archives of PureBasic where someone else, someone new, just like you, asked or had the same problem and how they got it worked out. Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Knowledge begets knowledge, knowledge builds upon knowledge.
Finally, if you've spent about 15 minutes searching the archive and can't find your answer, post in the Beginners forum your question. Fantasie software has great customer service to answer your questions and also great computer programmer who most often have a code snippet on their computer that answers your question that they will post in the forum for you. Make sure you save the snippets people give you in your Examples folder if they are good.
If this learning approach works for you, you will find that you learn PureBasic very quickly on an "as needed" basis (why learn about 3D gaming and DirectX if your first goal is to write an desktop application?). Some social pointers: to not loose your temper like some have done because then nobody will want to help you if you are mean and yell and are very negative all the time and post with insults, remember to give back a little to someone new that comes after you that might ask a question you know the answer to and have a code snippet to share; like the movie "Pass it Forward" where the kindness others show you, you pass it on to others maybe make 5 or 10 minutes each day to come to the beginner forum and look for someone newer than you or who has a question you can help with, and always say thank you as much as you can to everyone who helps you. I know this seems like common etiquette but why not be nice? Maybe us computer types aren't the best social people in the world but I think we can show kindness, respect, and friendship to each other. Hope something I wrote in this is helpful for you and gives you a sense of direction.
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by shane.
i`m not shure what did you do for a firest project.
i cant do anything at the moment. i cant even make it have a box appear. or anything. im lost. i spent 2 hours yesterday trying my best to get it to do something but it just wouldnt work.NOTHING at all would work.
i`m not shure what did you do for a firest project.
i cant do anything at the moment. i cant even make it have a box appear. or anything. im lost. i spent 2 hours yesterday trying my best to get it to do something but it just wouldnt work.NOTHING at all would work.
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by blueb.
Shane, Karbon
Check out a small app that I wrote that has
some small 'starter' programs.
It's located at the Reelmedia site
http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/
(a great source for all PB users, not only beginners)
Just unzip 'PureDemo' in your PureBasic directory.
http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/ ... redemo.zip
--blueb
Shane, Karbon
Check out a small app that I wrote that has
some small 'starter' programs.
It's located at the Reelmedia site
http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/
(a great source for all PB users, not only beginners)
Just unzip 'PureDemo' in your PureBasic directory.
http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/ ... redemo.zip
--blueb
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by shane.
I`ve got it working it brilliant. Well at least it helped me actialy make something work.(i got a window to open).
So you know that you can animate things well how do you do it on a computer without drawing about 20 diffaren pictures of generaly tha same thing and then moveing them slightly to make it look as if its moveing?
I`ve got it working it brilliant. Well at least it helped me actialy make something work.(i got a window to open).
So you know that you can animate things well how do you do it on a computer without drawing about 20 diffaren pictures of generaly tha same thing and then moveing them slightly to make it look as if its moveing?