On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:47 PM Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal < fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> My idea is to implement a web page system where syntax highlight code is > presented like in the Lazarus IDE, and special links are peppered through > and explanation of how and why Pascal works by using some example programs. > When the user highlights the special link, the relevant source code is > highlighted in the syntax window. This then hopefully allows people to > understand a bit more about pascal by pairing the explanations with lines > of source code. > > Let me know if you think this approach has any merit or if you think my > guide could be altered to be a bit more clean in places. As a reminder, > this page is a wiki, so you cna submit edits to me by clicking the edit > link at the top of the page. I am able to see and merge your edits. > I like the concept implemented in this guide. A small problem I noticed is when the source code snippet linked to is not visible, clicking the link does not move the code snippet into view. This is obviously a tricky situation since moving the code into view may require shifting the rest of the document, which may not be desirable. Explaining the layout and structure of a Pascal program using an example is a good idea. However, the example topic is quite advanced so a non-programmer would probably be completely lost regarding the purpose of the code itself. Programmers from other languages may also not understand the concept of a form or the Application instance. As suggested, perhaps the example itself should be simple enough so that a non-programmer can understand the intention of the code.
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