On 2016-10-13 21:13, Martin Collins via Lazarus wrote: > My coding is just a hobby that I enjoy, but I would like to be able to > do it well and also somehow know that I am. Unfortunately I come from a > marine (ships) background not from an IT one. No formal training in > programming.
You background doesn't matter. Many have found there way into programming from whatever they did before. Formal training is also not a requirement for becoming a good or even excellent programming. I know many excellent self-taught programmers. Most things programmers do are all self-taught anyway. Formal training just plants the seed. From what you described (your willingness to learn by reading various programming books), it seems you are well on your way to become a better programmer. You should give yourself more credit. :-) > on this mailing list recommend as the best reference publication for > teaching a) programming concepts in general, & b) pascal programming > specifically? With the availability of the Internet, there are tons of useful information out there - all for free. You just need the willingness to read, learn and practice. My biggest leap in improving my programming skills was when I started studying Design Patterns. Regards, Graeme -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/graeme-pgp -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus