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<p>On 13.10.2016 15:37, Adrian De Armas via Lazarus wrote:<br>
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<div>The second part will introduce:</div>
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<li>GUI environment. Dropping components on a form and
arrange them. Changing properties.</li>
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Thanks to RAD, creating a GUI is extremely simple in Lazarus (any of
the students you described can learn to create a simple GUI in just
some minutes). It's a lot more fun to test your code in the GUI you
created yourself. <br>
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So I would begin the lessons with "creating a simple GUI". <br>
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Here you would teach to create a program ("application" in Lazarus
speak) that shows a Button. No code at all needs to be written and
you can start it and happily see your GUI. <br>
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Then doubleclick the button in the GUI designer and Lazarus will
write (and install) an event handler function for you. <br>
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Now you can do your first line of code: <br>
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Caption := 'Hello World'; <br>
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(You even don't need to write Caption := as Lazarus autocompletes
the code if desired.)<br>
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Now press F9 and Lazarus compiles and starts your program and you
can click the Button and see the result. <br>
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I thinks this start will make the students most happy, as they are
rewarded by instant success. <br>
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-Michael<br>
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