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Re: Windows Programming Beginner's Guide

• Posted by Scott Henry <shenry at TCON.NET> Aug 11, 2000
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I would also be very interested in this.

Scott Henry

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Brown <kelric at HOME.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Windows Programming Beginner's Guide


> Dear God, if you write such a thing PLEASE let me know. I have been
> programming in PL/1 for years on Mainframes/Minis and I admit it. I just
> don't get windows at all.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Coonrod <jc at THP.ORG>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:24 AM
> Subject: Windows Programming Beginner's Guide
>
>
> > Based on communications between David Gay and me, I'd like to invite
> > recommendations for the following mini-project.
> >
> > Project proposal draft 1
> >
> > Purpose:
> >
> > Create a Beginner's Guide to Windows Programming that enables DOS-type
> > programmers to make the conceptual leap to windows programming.
> >
> > Intended Results:
> >
> > 1. Get across the basic paradigm shift between procedural programming
and
> > event-driven object-based programming with simplicity and clarity.
> >
> > 2. Make clear the basic concepts that underly the Win32lib elements -
> > without tying
> > people to specific implementations.
> >
> > 3. Promote a set of programming practices that will save people time and
> > encourage clarity, simplicity and code sharing. (Note - one downside of
> > Euphoria is that it not only makes programming easier - it makes bad
> > programming easier.)
> >
> > 4. Give people a strong leg-up on using examples and other people's
> > programs.
> >
> > 5. Contribute to the community Euphoria effort by keeping the style
> > consistent with the RDS documents. (Perhaps offer to rewrite the
> > win32lib.htm to match that style?)
> >
> > 6. Make the document so attractive that more people are pulled to do
> > programming.
> >
> > Any further suggestions?
> >
> > Is there a generally accepted place to put my first draft, or should I p
ut
> > it on my own website and let people look at it there?
> >
> > ----------------
> > Dr. John Coonrod, Vice President, jc at thp.org
> > The Hunger Project, 15 East 26th Street, NY, NY 10010 www.thp.org
> >
>