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Table of Contents

Preface

I.	The Core Language	

1.	Getting Started	
	The History Of Purebasic
	The Development Philosophy Of Purebasic
	A First Look At The IDE
	How To Run Purebasic Programs
	The Debugger
	A Note On Program Structure
	Introducing The Purebasic Help File

2.	Data Types
	Built-In Data Types
	Numbers
	Strings
	Variables And Constants

3.	Operators
	An Introduction To Operators
	Operator Precedence
	Expression Notes

4.	Conditional Statements And Loops
	Boolean Logic
	The ‘If’ Statement
	The ‘Select’ Statement
	Loops

5.	Other Data Structures             
	Structures
	Arrays
	Linked Lists

6.	Procedures And  Subroutines
	Why Use Procedures Or Subroutines?
	Subroutines
	Procedure Basics
	Program Scope
	The ‘Global’ Keyword
	The ‘Protected’ Keyword
	The ‘Shared’ Keyword
	The ‘Static’ Keyword
	Passing Variables To Procedures
	Passing Arrays To Procedures
	Passing Linked Lists To Procedures
	Returning Results From Procedures

7.	Using Built-In Commands
	Using The Purebasic Helpfile
	PB Numbers And OS Identifiers
	Examples Of Common Commands
	Handling Files
	Read The Helpfile

8.	Good Programming Style
	Why Bother Formatting Code
	The Value Of Comments
	My Coding Format
	Golden Rules For Writing Easily Readable Code
	How To Minimise And Handle Errors

II	Graphical User Interfaces

9.	Creating User Interfaces
	Console Programs
	Creating A Basic User Interface
	Adding A Menu
	Understanding Events
	Including Graphics In Your Program	
	Writing Preferences Files
	A First Look At The Visual Form Designer

III	Graphics

10.	2D Graphics
	Understanding Screens
	A Simple Star Field
	Working With Sprites

11.	3D Graphics
	An Overview Of The O.G.R.E. Engine
	A Gentle Beginning
	Lights, Camera, Action

IV	Advanced Topics

12.	Beyond The Basics
	A Closer Look At Numeric Data Types
	Pointers And Their Usage
	Inline Assembly (ASM)
	Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs)	
	Purebasic Compiler Directives And Advanced Compiler Options
	Passing Command Line Arguments To Your Program

13.	The Windows Application Programming Interface
	What Is The Window API?
	Hello World
	Windows Types And Their Corresponding Purebasic Types
	Interfaces And The Microsoft Component Object Model (COM)

V	Appendices

	A.  Platform Specific Topics
	B.  Frequently Asked Questions
	C.  Useful Internet Links
	D.  Helpful Charts
	E.  Glossary

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