<p dir="ltr">Here is an excellent course by Huw Collingbourne:</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.udemy.com/learn-to-program-with-pascal/">https://www.udemy.com/learn-to-program-with-pascal/</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Udemy has good sales and coupons which greatly reduce the price. It is a wonderful start for a visual learner, and delves inti quite a bit. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, there are some really good Object Pascal books that are now very cheap on Amazon. One I just got is Pascal Plus Data Structures by Dale. Another is Delphi in a Nutshell. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 3, 2015 12:58 AM, "Gour" <<a href="mailto:gour@atmarama.net">gour@atmarama.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
after (too) much time exploring/evaluating different languages, I’ve<br>
finally decided to use use FPC/Lazarus to write open-source<br>
multi-platform desktop GUI app…<br>
<br>
It would be kind of semi-hobby project and the reason why I took so long<br>
to decide about Pascal is that I was using it long ago (>20yrs) while<br>
studying software engineering on the University (we had to write some<br>
compiler using TP, so I thought that some better language did<br>
evolve. :-)<br>
<br>
Of course, there are some interesting *languages*, but I simply do not<br>
buy what web+JS is the only way to go to write app these days, and<br>
that’s where FPC/Lazarus are shining very brightly!!<br>
<br>
However, in the meantime, programming did not become my bread’n’butter,<br>
so although programming is not strange/new thing to me, I need some<br>
refreshment and looking for adequate literature/docs to equip myself to<br>
use FPC/Lazarus for my GUI project…<br>
<br>
I there is a ’bundle’<br>
<a href="http://www.blaisepascal.eu/index.php?actie=./subscribers/lazarusbookinfoEnglish" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.blaisepascal.eu/index.php?actie=./subscribers/lazarusbookinfoEnglish</a><br>
offering to buy Lazarus Complete Guide and get Learn to Program Using<br>
Lazarus as downloadable PDF, so I wonder if it is good-enough for<br>
learning FPC and start with Lazarus?<br>
<br>
I’m aware there are lot of online docs available, but I am simply<br>
accustomed to use/hold concrete books (if possible) and reduce my time<br>
of starring at computer screens to save my eyes a bit.<br>
<br>
Another option which I’ve found is: “Getting Started with Lazarus and<br>
Free Pascal: A beginners and intermediate guide to Free Pascal using<br>
Lazarus IDE” (<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1507632525/ref=rdr_ext_tmb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1507632525/ref=rdr_ext_tmb</a>) but<br>
it seems it’s more into web development than writign desktop GUI apps?<br>
<br>
Besides that, one Delphi/Lazarus user suggested to get some of the<br>
“Marco Cantu's mastering.. series of older versions”, but not having<br>
*any* experience with neither Delphi nor FPC/Lazarus, I’m looking for<br>
some helpful hints which path to go?<br>
<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Gour<br>
<br>
p.s. I sent the same message from Gmane-subscribed group, but never<br>
received its authorization message and it seems that the message went to<br>
/dev/null, so, please, if anyone can check whether the information at<br>
<a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.lazarus.general" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.lazarus.general</a> is correct since the<br>
“requires subscription to mailing list to post” status usually means it<br>
should be possible to post for subscribed users, while my experience is<br>
more like “posting isn't allowed”?<br>
<br>
--<br>
As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results,<br>
the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the<br>
sake of leading people on the right path.<br>
<br>
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