Hello. Again!
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:11 pm
Hello all,
I'm back after an enforced 3 year break. Basically, my job got in the way but I now have quite a lot more time on my hands having been made redundant!
Finally found my password to this site, so thought I should logon and say hello!
When I originally started posting, I had started creating some form of guide to help those new to programming with Harbour/HMG get started. Doing that was also intended to help me get up to speed again and I managed to get quite a bit done (but not posted) when I reluctantly took a break to concentrate on my job as the hours and travel begun to increase.
I am now working on a program that will help me personally (it will be used to track the performance of my share portfolio which I currently do with Excel BUT I want more functionality, so it seems a good place to start).
I have also drafted 8 "chapters" of a guide (I still need to proof read / edit it) which goes back to my original intention of writing something to help others get going with Harbour / HMG but I have now done this to also, perhaps, help those completely new to programming! I know, very ambitious! My approach is to base it around a "project" which would be built in gradual steps, each of which would introduce new concepts / features / functions, commends etc but also include sections that are more focused on "technical details". So, chapter 9 will cover data types (character, logical, numeric etc), Chapter 10 will cover variables and so on.
Just wondered if anyone thinks this - a beginners guide to HMG - would be of any great value? I will still carry on doing it as I develop my personal project as that really helps me get back up to speed but the question I have is if there is anything to be gained by taking this a step further any actually posting it for others to use.
Any comments and suggestions would be very welcome!
Zimbo
I'm back after an enforced 3 year break. Basically, my job got in the way but I now have quite a lot more time on my hands having been made redundant!
Finally found my password to this site, so thought I should logon and say hello!When I originally started posting, I had started creating some form of guide to help those new to programming with Harbour/HMG get started. Doing that was also intended to help me get up to speed again and I managed to get quite a bit done (but not posted) when I reluctantly took a break to concentrate on my job as the hours and travel begun to increase.
I am now working on a program that will help me personally (it will be used to track the performance of my share portfolio which I currently do with Excel BUT I want more functionality, so it seems a good place to start).
I have also drafted 8 "chapters" of a guide (I still need to proof read / edit it) which goes back to my original intention of writing something to help others get going with Harbour / HMG but I have now done this to also, perhaps, help those completely new to programming! I know, very ambitious! My approach is to base it around a "project" which would be built in gradual steps, each of which would introduce new concepts / features / functions, commends etc but also include sections that are more focused on "technical details". So, chapter 9 will cover data types (character, logical, numeric etc), Chapter 10 will cover variables and so on.
Just wondered if anyone thinks this - a beginners guide to HMG - would be of any great value? I will still carry on doing it as I develop my personal project as that really helps me get back up to speed but the question I have is if there is anything to be gained by taking this a step further any actually posting it for others to use.
Any comments and suggestions would be very welcome!
Zimbo
