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ha-Y-n:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 03, 2006, 05:05:54 pm ---My best advice is to NOT make a fe.  At least not yet.  Making a front-end that actually does some useful stuff is quite hard, you should start with some simpler projects first.

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that's what i was thinking.  like i said before i want to learn, so i'll start from the basic basic and work my way up. 

do you recommend vb6 or should i use something else?

I should have mentioned that i did take a java programming class about 6years ago, but we did only dos type programs no gui, and i don't remember how to do any of it anymore.
do you recommend java?

anyway thanx for the input, keep them coming thanx


fatfingers:

Admittedly, I'm a newbie around here, so it doesn't surprise me that the link didn't work (although, it does seem to work when I click on it  :dizzy:)
Space Fractal:
I used Blitz+ for my AMB jukebox application. Im didden't even like Visual Basic to much (it may been me).

It is a  pretty fast, cheap and very easy language to learn. You even dosen't need any additions runtime files, like Visual Basic, it just made a pure exe file (wich is not very big), alone with the dll's you may use.

The only bad thing is, blitz+ can't wait to the executed applications to been finished. But when Blitz+  support a dll, you can made your own commands in a another language (I even made the missing run/wait command in Pure Basic and compiled to a dll file, so Blitz+ could use it).

Pure Basic is a another fine basic language to learn, but I guess Blitz+ (or blitzmax) is easier to start with.  Pure Basic can made dll too, wich I like very much.

Blitz+: www.blitzbasic.com
Pure Basic: www.purebasic.com

There are limitehed demoes to these languages.
ha-Y-n:

--- Quote from: fatfingers on May 03, 2006, 06:01:00 pm ---
Admittedly, I'm a newbie around here, so it doesn't surprise me that the link didn't work (although, it does seem to work when I click on it  :dizzy:)

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its good now

thanx for the input Space, i'll try those out
youki:
Hi,

I think it is a good idea to start programming by trying to do a Front End.

Because a simple Front End is very easy to do . And it is something you can make evoluate easily.

Except Howard who seems to have great difficulty to make a Front end ...  ;)  it something very easy in comparaison of all thing you could do by programing.  (Howard don't be offense , it is just a joke  ;)).

Personnaly , i hate Visual Basic.   I had to deal with it in my professional life numerous times  on lot of project of all type. And for me it is a bad tool.  DELPHI is incredibly better and even more easier than Visual Basic.  That 's just my point of view based on my own experience.  Just a question of taste. I hate to be limited by a tool.

AtomicFE engine is coded using Visual C++  , configuration tools are done in Delphi (the new (coming very soon) layout editor is in DELPHI too).   AtomicFE could have been done in Delphi but i wanted to re-use a game-engine i had created few year ago in Visual C++.

But if you are totaly newbie , you could may be think about making your FE  using Flash?  or a very good tool in the phylosophy of visual basic and delphi  called Windev  exists.  That tool is really good for fast powerfull development in all domain.

Blitz basic, is a good alternative too.

I'm looking foward to see your progress!






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