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DIAMOND JEFF wrote in message <19814@palm-dev-forum>...
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>First off, let me say that I'm embarassed that my inquiry about a
>non-blocking EvtGetEvent set off a discussion about beginning Palm
>programmers and how to learn the basics. You really know where your
>question stands in the Palm community. :)
Suffice to say that it was not your posts that set off the "Someass
Koolkarky" mockery.
>But it IS a worthwhile topic, so I thought I'd share my experience to
>date:
Thank you.
>I've gone through several stages of Palm training. The first stage was
>reading the programmer's companion and browsing the SDK functions. Then
>I started reading beginners books and doing the tutorial. Thanks for
>all the book tips below from others - it's embarassing but Palm STILL
>doesn't have its own book section yet! I usually find it in "beginner
>programming" or "misc"!
>
>I actually have the Neil Rhodes book, and I like it a lot. In fact,
>IMHO, I have found no books of its equal currenly published on Palm
>programming. That book had me understanding more about Palm programming
>in the first five pages than I did from the first 12 lessons of the
>Tutorial (although to be fair, the tutorial is excellent for learning
>how to use Constructor).
>
>However, with these types of books you hit a certain point - you realize
>that you could go through several hundred more pages of developing their
>sample app, and you'd definitely learn a lot about the Palm in the
>process. But unforunately, you've got a project deadline, and none of
>the advanced features in the sample app are specifically relevant to
>your project. Moreover, you now need to know about some aspect of Palm
>programming in exhaustive detail.
>
>I think the next step is perusing sample source code and Palm headers.
>
>You know, I actually enjoy the Palm learning curve - it limits Palm
>developers more to "real programmers" and prevents an avalanche of
>cheesey PC ports. Oops - sorry if that sounded political. Back to
>experimenting with the Palm. :)
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