I have no doubt you are correct, much documentation is atrocious. I'm even more experienced than you (I'm 50, been programming since 1979), but I spend a lot of time on Google hunting down undocumented software features. Like everything else, documentation requires resources to create, and often those resources just aren't there, especially in the free/open source world.
On Friday, May 30, 2014 12:28:29 PM UTC-7, Simon Platten wrote: > > I've been writing software for various embedded platforms for a long time, > MSP430, Echelon, PIC's. In the case of MSP430, the development suite was > based on Eclipse. When writing software for PC104 platforms using QNX, the > IDE was Momentics, which is eclipse. > > The assumption always seems to be that you are talking to someone who > hasn't coded much before, I'm 44. I've been coding professionally since > 1985. > > I can follow instructions as well as the next person, unfortunatley a lot > of the information online is incomplete or the guides are lacking. > > > > On Friday, 30 May 2014 20:21:41 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Frankly, when developing for embedded platforms, yes, IDEs are too much >> to ask for. 90% of embedded programming today is done with command-line >> tools as it has been for decades. Once in a while someone builds an IDE, >> but they are invariably so limited in application as to be more or a >> straightjacket than a real tool. The amount of work it takes to produce a >> truly useful IDE makes sense only if you're developing on a commercial >> platform with millions of credit-card holding users. So if you want to >> develop for Windows, Android, and such, good IDEs are available. If you're >> programming a custom board, well, better get used to building your own >> tools. >> >> >> On Friday, May 30, 2014 11:52:53 AM UTC-7, Simon Platten wrote: >>> >>> true, is it to much to ask to use an IDE? >>> >>> I have it all working for Java, would just like to do the same for C. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 30 May 2014 19:37:58 UTC+1, RobertCNelson wrote: >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Simon Platten <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I know C and C++ very well...I've been developing in it since the >>>> 80's. >>>> > >>>> > What I find difficult is the lack of complete information, is it to >>>> much to >>>> > expect that having bought the hardware for the software and >>>> documentation to >>>> > be complete? >>>> > >>>> > Sorry, I'm so fed up with dead ends...and pissy people with atitudes, >>>> that >>>> > instead of offering help, make wise cracks. >>>> > >>>> > Eclipse isn't the problem, the set-up of the toolchain is. >>>> > >>>> > Sorry, I guess you can tell, I'm a bit tired and just want to make >>>> some >>>> > progress on the project, instead of battling with the set-up. >>>> >>>> You can always ssh in and build on the target. That's just the way >>>> i've always done it. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Nelson >>>> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ >>>> >>> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
