from Hollywood to PureBasic

[stefff285]

hello there

so a long time i didn't put my fingers in this wonderful forum so i go present myself again. i'm stéphane, french and gfx in démomaking sometimes as hobby. i do usually be nicknamed as yogib33r (hello skyrider if you read me) and bought my license so a long time ago, some years i think. i just installed this wonderful language on my dear loved opensuse 42.1 leap 64b and go to ask you so many questions about i am a noob, i do know some logical things about some effects but i'm definitely not a coder. and then i come to you to learn and learn

have a good day

stéphane = stefff285 = yogib33r/NoExtra^X-Men^VitalMotion

[stefff285]

so then it's late but i have to ask
what would you advice me as i am a noob ? some sprite ?
thanx a lot for help

[IdeasVacuum]

Think of a Utility (Windowed) application that would be useful to you, sketch the GUI and list the required fuctionality on paper. From there, define the GUI in PB's built-in Visual Designer and build your code for the action of each gadget. There are lots of examples on this forum.

[stefff285]

hello dear IdeasVacuum

ok i go make it i come from hollywood mal, hollywood is lua and some cool functions() with so i go test what you wrote me
have a good end of evening

regards

[Danilo]

First time I hear about Hollywood programming language.
From the screenshots the language looks like PureBasic, and it also started on Amiga.

It even seems to have one-line For-loops and If-statements:

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If str[n].letter > -1 Then DisplayBrushPart( ...

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For k = 0 To 360 Step 20 Do DrawStar( ...

[Fred]

Both shares BlitzBasic and Amiga history, that's why they look so similar ! I didn't knew it as well, looks like a nice tool.

[stefff285]

hello danilo and fred

yes i had morphOS some times ago. actually i use linux but yes i do love my amiga 1200 yet theses days
hollywood is good to port some code from windows for example to linux or amiga ng os. i go learn purebasic right but i remember i had some problems to use this language on my amiga 1200. so then i go try another time perhaps. the fact is i'm a noob but i go ask you later some advices

thanx a lot for answers

regards

[Danilo]

@stefff285:
Is Hollywood a (ByteCode-)Interpreter internally?

I'm asking because it has all those 'Players' (Win,Linux,Mac,Android,Amiga) in the download section,
for playing the 'compiled Applets or Executables'.

[stefff285]

hello danilo

you asked me something i don't know i'm noob you know.
you mean if the code is changed when choosing the good plateform ? in fact there is the main code, compiled and after the applet done is included in a exe dedicated to the chosen plateform. as i know. not any change of code from amiga to windows (after all only somes due to chucky to planar method but nothing else , perhap hard sprites too). this is the power of this language. i hope having answered to your question. regards

[Danilo]

Yes, that answered my question. Thank you!

[stefff285]

hello you are welcome

[the.weavster]

First time I hear about Hollywood programming language.
From the screenshots the language looks like PureBasic, and it also started on Amiga.

Both shares BlitzBasic and Amiga history, that's why they look so similar ! I didn't knew it as well, looks like a nice tool.

Looks like Lua with a runtime to me. It's quite similar to LÖVE (except LÖVE is free).

[stefff285]

hello the.weavster

yes lôve seems to be great too. the fact is hollywood is good before of morphOS, icarOS and amiga os 4.1 port.
some friends of mine use it under theses systems. i don't know about lôve on theses systems even if it seems to be a haiku port

yes lôve seems to be great too

regards