Here is an excellent course by Huw Collingbourne: https://www.udemy.com/learn-to-program-with-pascal/
Udemy has good sales and coupons which greatly reduce the price. It is a wonderful start for a visual learner, and delves inti quite a bit. Also, there are some really good Object Pascal books that are now very cheap on Amazon. One I just got is Pascal Plus Data Structures by Dale. Another is Delphi in a Nutshell. On Aug 3, 2015 12:58 AM, "Gour" <g...@atmarama.net> wrote: > Hello, > > after (too) much time exploring/evaluating different languages, I’ve > finally decided to use use FPC/Lazarus to write open-source > multi-platform desktop GUI app… > > It would be kind of semi-hobby project and the reason why I took so long > to decide about Pascal is that I was using it long ago (>20yrs) while > studying software engineering on the University (we had to write some > compiler using TP, so I thought that some better language did > evolve. :-) > > Of course, there are some interesting *languages*, but I simply do not > buy what web+JS is the only way to go to write app these days, and > that’s where FPC/Lazarus are shining very brightly!! > > However, in the meantime, programming did not become my bread’n’butter, > so although programming is not strange/new thing to me, I need some > refreshment and looking for adequate literature/docs to equip myself to > use FPC/Lazarus for my GUI project… > > I there is a ’bundle’ > > http://www.blaisepascal.eu/index.php?actie=./subscribers/lazarusbookinfoEnglish > offering to buy Lazarus Complete Guide and get Learn to Program Using > Lazarus as downloadable PDF, so I wonder if it is good-enough for > learning FPC and start with Lazarus? > > I’m aware there are lot of online docs available, but I am simply > accustomed to use/hold concrete books (if possible) and reduce my time > of starring at computer screens to save my eyes a bit. > > Another option which I’ve found is: “Getting Started with Lazarus and > Free Pascal: A beginners and intermediate guide to Free Pascal using > Lazarus IDE” (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1507632525/ref=rdr_ext_tmb) but > it seems it’s more into web development than writign desktop GUI apps? > > Besides that, one Delphi/Lazarus user suggested to get some of the > “Marco Cantu's mastering.. series of older versions”, but not having > *any* experience with neither Delphi nor FPC/Lazarus, I’m looking for > some helpful hints which path to go? > > > Sincerely, > Gour > > p.s. I sent the same message from Gmane-subscribed group, but never > received its authorization message and it seems that the message went to > /dev/null, so, please, if anyone can check whether the information at > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.lazarus.general is correct since the > “requires subscription to mailing list to post” status usually means it > should be possible to post for subscribed users, while my experience is > more like “posting isn't allowed”? > > -- > As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, > the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the > sake of leading people on the right path. > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus >
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