<font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"><div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace">Sorry if I posted in the wrong list. That's part of the question.</font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"><br></font></font></font></div>I have just found Lazarus/FPC and I am blown away after a life of mainframe and PC VB6 and VB.net. The cross platform and *real* grids for SQL client/server seem to be just dead on from the example apps. Hats off team!</font></font></font><div>
<font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace">Now, is there a noob listserve or forum?</font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace">Where do I learn about the bits of Lazarus project and the IDE?</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"><br>
</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace">IE I use a lot of common code and classes shared from a "globals" folder, etc. Where do I learn includes or external file referrals outside the project folder, etc.</font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace">I am not looking for the answer; I am looking for someone to point me down the learning path! What I'm trying so poorly to ask is: Is the Lazarus IDE so close to Delphi version "x" that if I got a Delphi version "x" book that it would get me started? Pascal is not the issue. It looks great and I can learn a language. </font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace">I am talking about learning how to:</font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3366ff"><font size="2"><font face="courier new,monospace"> - Drive the IDE and building good project folders without all copying code files in each folder, etc.</font></font></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "> - Learn the lingo so as to easily find where the code is behind the event on the control, etc.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "> - Where are database connections and how to modify the connect string, etc. etc.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); ">Any guidance greatly appreciated.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); ">Keep up the great work. I think you may have a new convert for what that worth. :)</span></div>