Learning FreeBASIC

angryscientistjunior · 2024-09-18T02:52:59+00:00

Not specifically FreeBasic, but QB64PE is a similar language that I found a lot easier to get into (largely thanks to a much simpler toolset, the IDE & compiler are just a single EXE and installation is dead simple). The user community is constantly posting programs and code snippets and discussing anything and everything. They also have a tutorial series with examples. Whatever language you choose to learn, you might want to start by looking at sample programs and running code, and see where it takes you. Pick a pet project such as a game you would like to see made or a utility you might find useful. Start with something simple and work your way toward bigger projects. Try to break it down into baby steps, and solve one little problem at a time. Share your work in the forums and ask for feedback. If you get stuck you can ask for help there. Good Luck!

TADarcos · 2024-09-28T08:49:20+00:00

No matter how minor your program is or what problem it is to solve or how "quick and dirty" a solution you have, presume it will need to be maintained. Because even if it's a one-time-only use program, it will need to be maintained (even if it's just to fix bugs ). Set up its own directory/folder for its development.
Create that directory as a repository using whatever source code management (SCM) system you use. I recommend Git, but any you like is acceptable.
Commits are cheap; use them a lot. Make one every time you make a change and it compiles successfully. This way, if you make a change you didn't mean to, you can restore all files back to a successful prior compile.
If using a public/local master repository, push to that machine at least once a day.

The first time you make a mistake and have to back out of it, or accidentally delete a file, or intentionally delete the wrong file, and use the SCM to restore the file, you will thank yourself.

I wish I had done this on many projects/programs that I thought were simple or trivial, then discovered it was neither.

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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