> After toying with D1 some years ago I've returned to see D2 and ported it > a program I had written in D1. 99% of the time was figuring out why my > chars[] suddenly didn't want to work/interface correctly with C library > calls. > > After going through some documentation on the web I managed to make it > work, but still have the feeling my brain hasn't really reached the "aha!" > point about all those freaking char/string/whatever aliases. And same here
> the mangling looks seriously ugly. > > Also there are many other changes, like ranges mentioned in the Changelog. > What the hell are ranges anyway? After browsing some more I get to > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/statement.html#ForeachRangeStatement and > simply think: what does this mean other than the word range is in there? I > still don't get a clue. > > My point is, the available documentation is scattered like a fragmentation > grenade, and depending on your luck you get "hit" by it, or have to spend > a lot of time seeking it. Sometimes I remember a certain useful doc but then can't find it anymore > > I know that there is this "Learn to tango with D" book, but I'm not > interested in Tango, plus I guess it applies to D1. Is there any other > documentation source explaining D2 without necessary going through D1 > documentation first? Personally I'm awaiting Andrei's D2 (Phobos) book. > > I'm thinking of something like Python's "holding hands" tutorial. After a > few hours of reading that you basically know pretty much everything there > is to it, except for the huge library. It would be great if there was > something similar for D2 (so I don't have to go and write it myself!). Adding more tutorials to dsource would be much appreciated! Especially ones between basic and (towards) advanced.
