[Gambas-user] Nice book of Gambas

Fabien Bodard gambas.fr at ...626...
Mon Sep 1 00:11:02 CEST 2008


i'mm not sure that J. Rittinghouse write something else as he is really sick.

Fabien Bodard

2008/8/31  <admin at ...1956...>:
> Quoting Jason Hackney <jshackney at ...626...>:
>
>> First of all, I bought this book. Mr. Rittinghouse obviously worked
>> very hard on it and I felt he deserves a little something for his
>> effort.
>>
>> Does anyone know if Mr. Rittinghouse plans on releasing an updated
>> version of this book? There are inconsistencies, errors, and just
>> plain outdated information throughout the current version.
>>
>> Just two examples:
>>
>> 1) There are some details omitted (or just not well clarified for a
>> beginner) in the chapter regarding drawing.
>> 2) The CASE/SELECT information could be more complete.
>>
>> <HINT> I'd really, REALLY like to see some sort of reference (I know,
>> that would be a book in itself!!) </HINT>
>>
>> Otherwise, it's a decent book (I've been using it primarily as a
>> reference). I'd love to help make it better. I have a knack for
>> finding mundane nuggets of goodness that can be cleaned up.
>>
>> Jason
>
> Sounds like a prime candidate for a Wiki project. ;-)
>
>>
>> p.s. John, if you're out there, I'm serious about the offer to help.
>>
>
> Thanks !
>
> I didn't want to be a pest here. I think the www.AllBasic.Info site is
> maturing quickly. (almost a month old) I wish you guys would show some
> of your stuff over there and knock some socks off with Gambas. You
> already have the HotBasic Linux guru hooked. ;-)
>
> John
>
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