Re: Euphoria Tutorials??
- Posted by CraigWelch Feb 08, 2009
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That's a very useful introduction to Euphoria.
Some years ago, when I first found Euphoria, I did find it a bit hard to come to grips with. It had been some decades since I'd programmed (in 360/370 Assembler, and PL/S). I bumbled around a bit, but there were four things that really made things click for me:
- RTFM. Most of it really is there. And by M, I mean Euphoria itself (3.x) and each of the various libraries.
- Play with the demo files. Most all of the code that a beginner needs is in the demos. At the moment, I'm coming to grips with wxEuphoria. I just find a demo that does something I need, lift its code and plug it in. Then play with it.
- RTFM some more.
- Ask on the forum. And now I'm in the fortunate position of being able to help out from time to time on the forums, which is nice, but I still ask here and get good, valuable advice.
Also, for those new to the language many, many problems come from not having a proper understanding of atoms, sequences and subscripting. The concepts that make Euphoria so powerful are really very simple. Too simple, it seems, to properly grasp the first time around. Pay special attention to these, as they are the basis for the entire language.
