Re: Lessons   
     By: mark lewis to Gary Perkins on Fri May 06 2011 03:21 pm   
      
    > i don't have anything like that... what we used to do, waaaaaay back in the   
    > day, was to choose a small project and work on that... possibly just routine   
    > that could be used in projects and then, in some cases, individual projects   
    > were slightly modified for use in larger projects...   
      
   Understandable.  I was actually surprised to get a reply here!   
      
    >  GP> I'm easily distracted; I learn best when I have someone/something   
    >  GP> to follow along with.   
    >    
    > i know that feeling... i have to have a need for something before i can code   
    > anything ;)   
      
   Yep... I remember in high school when I was presented with a project and had   
   a clear goal in mind, I was pretty good at preparing the algorythm and   
   fleshing out the code.  Nowadays, I'm like...Ok...I *really* need to get back   
   into programming...I start reading books and online materials, but by the   
   time I'm halfway into the books, I haven't practiced much in between the   
   beginning and middle, and I get lost.  Those 24hr/48hr/30day books suck,   
   there's a reason schools spend months teaching these languages...lol   
      
   So far, I've tried C, Java, and Basic .NET.  I've already decided I do NOT   
   want to start in Windows; the IDE's I've tried *suck* for the beginner.   
      
    > so... what pascal compiler are you using or wanting to use? are you looking    
    > target only one platform or multiple platforms? console text mode stuff only   
    > GUI stuff or both?   
      
   FreePascal seems like a good choice.  It's current, and of course, free.    
   Since I don't want to start out in Windows, Linux console seems like a good   
   choice.  I could maybe start with some BBS doors... after writing one or two   
   on Linux, I could try porting them with a doorkit to work on Windows bulletin   
   boards.  Once I get the coding down, I could start playing around with   
   Windows after that.   
      
   In your experience, on Pascal, which GUI is easier to code for?  X, or Win32?   
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