Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 9:16 am
Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Stan.
Pure Basic can do much more than I thought at first glance :
App. development :
- Straightforward to most Win API function,
- Call DLL,
All you need is to buy one of the MicroSoft book about Visual C
programming ( this will give you access to a lot of documentation
if nothing else ... ), and dive in !
Games development :
- Download the ( free ) DirectX SDK from MS + Direct Music SDK
If you're using MS WIN you're all set for less than $100,
( Dunno about Linux or Amiga though ... )
I think the real bottleneck lies in the fact that Fred needs/wants
to support MS WIN + Linux + Amiga which turns into a reduced set of
features common to all platforms ... ( DON'T FLAME I AM NOT ADVOCATING
DROPPING EITHER LINUX OR AMIGA, just trying to find an explanation ... )
For me as an aspiring programmer the only downside of PB is the documentation,
which is not always up to date and detailed enough for me ( I discovered many
things looking at the snippets on the PB ressource center, but I -and my
girlfriend- would rather be able to read from a book in my bed ), but I wonder
how Fred could do that alone ... Maybe with a little help from his friends
(count me as one if French to English translation is needed ).
Learning and Love are what life is all about ... [ PB. registered user ]
Pure Basic can do much more than I thought at first glance :
App. development :
- Straightforward to most Win API function,
- Call DLL,
All you need is to buy one of the MicroSoft book about Visual C
programming ( this will give you access to a lot of documentation
if nothing else ... ), and dive in !
Games development :
- Download the ( free ) DirectX SDK from MS + Direct Music SDK
If you're using MS WIN you're all set for less than $100,
( Dunno about Linux or Amiga though ... )
I think the real bottleneck lies in the fact that Fred needs/wants
to support MS WIN + Linux + Amiga which turns into a reduced set of
features common to all platforms ... ( DON'T FLAME I AM NOT ADVOCATING
DROPPING EITHER LINUX OR AMIGA, just trying to find an explanation ... )
For me as an aspiring programmer the only downside of PB is the documentation,
which is not always up to date and detailed enough for me ( I discovered many
things looking at the snippets on the PB ressource center, but I -and my
girlfriend- would rather be able to read from a book in my bed ), but I wonder
how Fred could do that alone ... Maybe with a little help from his friends
(count me as one if French to English translation is needed ).
Learning and Love are what life is all about ... [ PB. registered user ]
.. Almost 90% of the doc is already translated BTW.