OpenEuphoria

Re: Rip'um!

• Posted by Derek Parnell <dparnell at BIGPOND.NET.AU> Aug 10, 2000
• 412 views

Brian,
can you let me, or David Cuny know about the bugs found in win32lib - I'll
patch the library. I'm aiming to get a release of win32lib v0.50 out by
end of August. Also, check out the win32lib project at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32libex/

this site has a facility where you can log and track bugs.

cheers,
Derek Parnell
dparnell at bigpond.net.au
Melbourne, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 10 2000 08:32
Subject: Re: Rip'um!


| On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:56:05 -0700, Paul Kerslake wrote:
|
| >Now, what I'd really like to know is how all of you people got so good
at
| programming. I read A beginners guide to Euphoria and it helped a lot.
But
| I only understand the basics. NOTE: I am not looking for a "magical
| solution", none exist, I simply need to know, should I read ABGTE until
I
| completely understand or just get more experiance?
|
|
| I recommend starting by reading all of the documentation included with
the
| Euphoria distribution package so that you understand what can be done
| without any 3rd party (and mostly 'unstamped') libraries.  Go through
the
| tutorial in the package an look at the examples provided in the package
(as
| a beginner, I'd stick with DOS programming).  I've not looked at ABGTE
but
| from what I've heard, it is also a great resource for learning Euphoria
| programming fundamentals.  But the most important part is to use what
you
| learn.  Write small demo-type programs that use the some of the
procedures
| and functions that Euphoria offers.  Download some of the stuff from the
| Euphoria archives and try to understand how they work.  Tweak the code
and
| see how your changes affect the programs.  I started using Euphoria with
a
| programming background so I jumped right into Windows programming with
| Win32lib.  I learned by writing many small programs that each used
| different parts of the library (which was also a good way to find bugs
in
| the library.)  When I became comfortable enough with it, I started
coding
| bigger programs.
|
| I guess everybody learns differently.  But for me, the best way to learn
| was to dig right in and start writing programs... then learn from my
| mistakes.  One of the best things about Euphoria is that it usually
gives a
| very good description of what your errors are (unless you are over 300
| lines and don't have the registered version).  If you can't figure out
your
| problem, then you can turn to this very helpful and friendly community
on
| this mailing list.
|
| How do you get good at programming?  As with anything you'd like to get
| good at: "practice makes perfect".
|
| Good luck,
| Brian
|