OpenEuphoria

Re: The tutorial

• Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> Jan 27, 1999
• 514 views

At 06:22 p.m. 27-01-99 +0100, you wrote:

>1- What is it we are gonna tell ? (definition of subject and perspective
>used upon subject)

My attemp of a Table of Contents:

Part I: For the newbie

        Introduction
                Aims & Goals
                Acknoledgments

        What is programming
                CPU vs. human brain
                Algorithms & efficiency

Part II:  Introduction to Euphoria

        What is Euphoria
                Language features
                Interpreters vs. Compilers
                Euphoria vs. other languages

        Language definition
                Data types
                        Sequences
                        Atoms
                        Integers
                        Objects
                        Strings
                Program structure
                Expressions
                Reserved words
                Procedures & Funtions
                Scope
                Execution flow control statements

        Debbuging & profiling

        Distributing your application

Part III: Advanced Euphoria

        Code optimization

        File access

        Graphics programming

        Memory allocation & machine code execution

Part IV: Windows programming in Euphoria

        Euphoria & Win32
                Benefits
                Limitations

        Windows programming fundamentals
                Win32 & Pre-emptive multitasking
                What is Win API
                Messages

        Using the API within Euphoria
                Creating windows
                Child windows
                GDI

        Common API Calls reference
                RegisterClass
                CreateWindow
                etc...

Bibliography:


Each Part could be developed by a different group. Part II is basically a more
examplified version of the Euphoria Reference manual. Part III includes topics
like memory allocation/deallocation, using interrupts, executing machine
code, etc. Part IV

If a file content/viewer is implemented, each user may only download the
Parts that he/she needs only.


Regards,
        Daniel   Berstein
        daber at pair.com