Louies88, We took the discussion a lot further than you required ... I hope we didn't confuse you.
I have been involved in ongoing discussions over training issues, in the forum, and with Tomasz, ever since I joined the forum (others have been involved since before my time). As you can see, some of us are a little passionate over the subject. Tomasz has introduced a lot of 'training' features over the last 3 years. A few important points we forgot to mention: - most of the people who are intent on becoming experts with AFL take the posts from this board, as emails, and save them in a threaded emailer to build up a referenced database ... many of them have years of categorized threads. - re an AFL book ..... Tomasz has actually written an AFL book ... it comprises everything under AmiBroker Formula Language in the help manual. The fact that people like me are arguing with Tomsasz about the fine print creates the impression that 'The Book' isn't good ... that isn't true ... it is quite good and if you keep going back to it AND gradually learn it, especially the functions, in detail, you will learn an awful lot about programming in AFL i.e. the function reference forms the bulk of 'The Book'. - everyone specializes ... no two traders agree on anything very often ..... if and when you want to specialize there are experts in the forum on a wide range of subjects (AFL, stats for traders, otpimization, data, autotrading etc). - IMO you have to give yourself permission not to learn it all and don't feel intimidated because you are not proficient in all of the fields that a trader can specialize in. No one is always right. After the discussion I haven't chnaged my position very much, if at all, and Tomasz probably feels exactly the same way ... I did learn some more about AFL though. --- In [email protected], "louies88" <louie...@...> wrote: > > I think Amibroker is great, especially its AFL. Although I don't know enough > about it to claim that it's superior than most other scripting languages out > there, I know for a fact that this is one of the best. That also begs the > question of how a person w/ virtually no programming background can get > started w/ AFL. I followed this forum long enough to note that some of you in > here are excellent coders. The codes that I often see are flawless and > eloquent, which then makes me think how long does it take a coding newbie > such as myself to attain that coding level. > > I look at it this way. Coding a computer language is pretty similar to > learning a foreign language. I remember how my first English class went. I > started out by learning a few basic vocabulary words, then use some of it in > the form of a noun, then a verb, finally an object. Sentence structures, or > in computer language better known as syntax, govern if a sentence is > grammatically correct or if it's not. With that in mind, I also started out > by looking at the AFL Library in Amibroker. I downloaded all of the functions > in the hope of building myself an Amibroker vocabulary and started to put > some of the basic vocabulary words together to make a "sentence." > > However, since there isn't any kind of document FORMALLY teaching the ABC of > coding in Amibroker, I'm left w/ a question how does Amibroker syntax work? > Some of the experienced coders here often compare AFL syntax to that of C++. > But for a person w/ neither background in AFL or C++ or any other computer > langugae, the question remains: How do I get start? Where's the square one? > > Anybody w/ such experience is highly appreciated if he/she's willing to shed > a light on this. > > > Thanks >
