Dear R & D
I would like to see an better and complete PureBASIC User Guide in PDF and HLP Windows format like the contents on the website:
http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/ ... guide.html
Kind regards
Stephane
I hope that it comes with an Complete reference guide
PureBasic User Guide more Advanced in PDF and HLP format
I (and several others) are actively working on it!
-Mitchell
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Re: PureBasic User Guide more Advanced in PDF and HLP format
That *is* the PureBasic User Guide. It's just not finished.idStefke wrote:http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/ ... guide.html
If you paint your butt blue and glue the hole shut you just themed your ass but lost the functionality.
(WinXPhSP3 PB5.20b14)
(WinXPhSP3 PB5.20b14)
Will there be an organized coverage of GUI topics? I appreciate that the core language must be addressed first. However, I suspect that most users wish to produce applications with a graphical interface, and would like to best use those facilities provided within the language. Perhaps it's my lack of experience with such programming (and PureBasic) but it is a real hurdle.
Since purchasing my copy sevreal months ago I haven't had any opportunity to delve into the language (to produce a real Windows application). What I have done is continue to browse the forums looking for good examples (and perhaps this is a separate thread). In that that time I've found a tremendous willingness to share code. The problem is that very few people add comments to explain their reasoning and the structure for the code. Because of this I'd like ot see a small tutorial that also incorporates aspects of good programming practice with PureBasic.
Again, I'll admit that this state could be my limited exposure to the language, but it sure couldn't hurt to have documentation with the objective of developing well rounded PureBasic programmers. --- A how to best use the language and not produce spaghetti code is partially what I envision....Truth is I don't wish to engage in too much trial and error coding when documentation will assure that I follow the prescribed methods, for the most used language constructs, from day one of coding...
Obviously, these things take time, so all I can ask is that the users be kept apprised of what's planned.
K
Since purchasing my copy sevreal months ago I haven't had any opportunity to delve into the language (to produce a real Windows application). What I have done is continue to browse the forums looking for good examples (and perhaps this is a separate thread). In that that time I've found a tremendous willingness to share code. The problem is that very few people add comments to explain their reasoning and the structure for the code. Because of this I'd like ot see a small tutorial that also incorporates aspects of good programming practice with PureBasic.
Again, I'll admit that this state could be my limited exposure to the language, but it sure couldn't hurt to have documentation with the objective of developing well rounded PureBasic programmers. --- A how to best use the language and not produce spaghetti code is partially what I envision....Truth is I don't wish to engage in too much trial and error coding when documentation will assure that I follow the prescribed methods, for the most used language constructs, from day one of coding...
Obviously, these things take time, so all I can ask is that the users be kept apprised of what's planned.
K
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I fully agree with kns. I bought Purebasic a few weeks ago, but I'm really having problems understanding the examples that I hoped would help me getting started making GUI windows programs. In the previous language that I used (RapidQ) I managed to make a commercial business application selling for good money, but I don't see yet how I will achieve the same thing in purebasic, in spite of the fact that the language is much more powerfull.
Perhaps the rapidq-helpfiles can be of inspiration for anyone involved in making docs for purebasic ?
Perhaps the rapidq-helpfiles can be of inspiration for anyone involved in making docs for purebasic ?
No doubt, documentation needs some serious help..
I think you might be in for a bit of a learning curve if you've never used anything but RadpidQ (sounds like a RAD tool to me!). The power of PB really comes from the fact that you do have to worry about a lot of things that you don't in other languages. It allows you to trim a lot of the the event-handling and various other fat that comes with so many other windows languages.
I did a little VB several years back but other than that I'm a web/Unix developer and I've managed to pick up PB pretty fast (though it's been an up-hill siege sometimes!).. Keep at it, and ask questions!
I think you might be in for a bit of a learning curve if you've never used anything but RadpidQ (sounds like a RAD tool to me!). The power of PB really comes from the fact that you do have to worry about a lot of things that you don't in other languages. It allows you to trim a lot of the the event-handling and various other fat that comes with so many other windows languages.
I did a little VB several years back but other than that I'm a web/Unix developer and I've managed to pick up PB pretty fast (though it's been an up-hill siege sometimes!).. Keep at it, and ask questions!
-Mitchell
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well, i agree that Pure could use some better docs. i often times need to refer to the forum (or my other source codes) to find things that "should" be in the help. (such as PB constants).
quite honesltly i do like the format of the current help, i've always prefered reference guides over "manuals" Years ago, before win95, i had powerbasic, and it came with 2 books; a users guide and a reference guide, never once did i even look in the users guide. it would be nice if purebasic had a similar type of manual with a distinct line between reference and "other"
it would also be great if it was in PDF, and formatted to be printed out. this way we could make our own hard copies of it. just don't make it ONLY pdf, cause i hate acrobat -_-
I have a little experience with RapidQ, this is the first time i've ever heard it mentioned in the pure forums though. kinda surprising actually, i would've figured more people on the forum use (or have used) it.
*edited for a typo*
quite honesltly i do like the format of the current help, i've always prefered reference guides over "manuals" Years ago, before win95, i had powerbasic, and it came with 2 books; a users guide and a reference guide, never once did i even look in the users guide. it would be nice if purebasic had a similar type of manual with a distinct line between reference and "other"
it would also be great if it was in PDF, and formatted to be printed out. this way we could make our own hard copies of it. just don't make it ONLY pdf, cause i hate acrobat -_-
I have a little experience with RapidQ, this is the first time i've ever heard it mentioned in the pure forums though. kinda surprising actually, i would've figured more people on the forum use (or have used) it.
*edited for a typo*
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