Re: Phix Tutorial problems
- Posted by RobertS Jan 06, 2023
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Thank you! In what I wrote, I tried to retrace the path that had led me to Euphoria some 20 years ago (2.x, there were still $30 to pay), captivated by the concept of Euphoria’s "object" data type. Meanwhile, from my POV, this path has been so overgrown with lush vegetation (bearing delicious fruits, of course), that I wouldn’t see it anymore, if I were looking for a programming language now.
I’ll gladly fix all the errors and omissions that you’ve pointed out to me, and try to think of a few things to improve. On the "show me an image" front, though, I’m afraid I just cannot deliver – I know nothing about it, have never written a line of code that did anything graphic, and it’s just not how my mind works or what I’m interested in. I thought that maybe someone else could add some chapters to what I’ve written, but maybe it would be a better idea to have more than one “Introductions†– my very austere and abstract one, and one or more others that have more visual appeal, offer more practical examples, and approach Phix (or Euphoria) from different directions.
Maybe it’s a bit like explaining how to buy tickets for the London Underground, vs. writing a city guide book telling people where they may want to go, vs. discussing the train engines and the power supply they run on. I totally understand that what I can offer doesn’t even come close to being a tutorial, and will not appeal to potential users with an interest in doing anything with GUI – this just would have to be done by others.
I’ll post a note here when I’ve updated my text. Robert
