ThinBasic Journal, Issue 1

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[RobertoBianchi]

That nice idea you have!
Really a great job, very impressive.
Also excellent style of magazine.

Thank you very much,
Roberto

[Mark Lee]

There is so much to thinBasic.  I'm finding new stuff everyday.  I don't consider myself a good programmer, but I love learning about this stuff ... even though sometimes I don't understand it.  That's okay.  With more articles like "Power of FOR/NEXT" and "Legacy BASIC code and ThinBasic" I'll feel like I know what I am talking about.

Those two articles I just mentioned were my favorite in the journal because they involved stuff that I not only understand but that I can use.  Some of the other articles I will have to study, read about here in the forums and maybe ask questions about before I completely understand them.

Keep up the good work!  BY the way, how often are you planning on coming out with these journals?

Mark 

[Eros Olmi]

We are committed to produce new TBJ at every thinBasic official release.
But of course it depends on how many articles we will have to publish.

Remember that everyone can write an article on TBJ, just send material (articles, pictures, code) to the mentioned email and you will see your material published.

[zlatkoAB]

Hi guys....
When i read first time i miss one excellent thing UNION.
UNION uBitmap32x32
   cComponent(32x32) As tRGB
     cValue(32x32) As LONG
   rawData As String * 4096
END UNION

Dim myImage As uBitmap32x32

I dont see any similiar in other basics,excellent and very powerful.

[ISAWHIM]

That was cool...

After years programming in every basic... from CommidoreVic-20's, TSR-80's, Amiga-500's, Mac's, PICmicro, ATMEL, 486's, 586's, VB 3-6, .NET, JavaScript... blah blah... I still learned something.

Gotta give you multiple points for the UNION thing... That would have come in soooo handy when I was programming data-flippers for reducing solutions for a "Lights-Out" style game. (The puzzles could have the same solution, but R-L swapped, T-B swapped, Rotated 90, 180, 270... and swapped and rotated together. It was a nightmare, but I was able to do it all in one pass, with one single set of data. I think a UNION would have saved me a LOT more time.)

Hehe... the puzzles had 2 to the 25th power... 33,554,432 original solutions... Reduced to nearly 8,000,000 unique solutions. (Some could be solved in less moves, with the same result. Some could also be shifted around, since they used less than 5x5.)

Yea, anywho... LOL

Great job!

I love the simplified FOR/NEXT, more like javascript...

I will love it more when the program assumes that the first VAR in the FOR, is a LONG, unless otherwise stated. (Since that is the most common use for a loop, counting with the fastest number-type. LONG is longer, but it is also natively faster, since, in memory, it is not dissecting a LONG into smaller chunks, like a BIT, or a BYTE. In a counter, you want the fastest value for comparison, since it is only one single disposable chunk of data. Being smaller is simply irrelevant, unless you have a million nested loops.)

Can't wait for the next version.

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks for nice words,

Journal #2 gets more authors, so it will be hopefully even more interesting
ThinBasic 1.7.0.0 introduces some very important additions, so it is very enjoyable to write about it.


Petr

[Lionheart008]

hi all:)

dear petr.. I will try to help you for issue 2 with a little tutorial about one of my first tbgl scripts... or a changing nehe lesson;) I have learnt a lot and made mistakes, so I can say, what's important or not... articles from a beginner to newbies

best regards,  lionheart

[Michael Clease]

LionHeart I would save it for issue #3.

I think Petr has almost finished issue #2.

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Lionheart,

I would be for Issue #3, if it does not mean problem for you.
#2 will already contain 2 articles on TBGL related stuff, better to not "flood" readers with too much articles on similar topic.


Petr

[oldpapa49]

I Just found these.. This what the doctor ordered.. Now I can read and learn..

Thanks Petr

[Lionheart008]

hi oldpapa yes, this is a really good medicine to learn more about thinbasic and I would recommend for a beginner also some of the various examples of the current thinbasic release 1.7.7.0, there are so many helps and infos here at the board too:)

when you are searching for a special term choose a world (eg "TBGL ENTITY" or "Smoke" or "Timer" or "Button Menu") for the search box right top and check the selection what post at the board is the right for you... Use also the "F1" Help button, when you are working with thinair, take the mouse over a word (when it's blue colored) and push the F1 Button... so you can get more precise answer for your question how to handle with the code functions... My mistake at my start here was to forget this important Help Key (must laugh), so I must ask day by day...

@petr: do you need help for issue 3? my input would be: button menu gui or tbgl (axisfork example) or other things... say it to me... what's the date for deadline???

best wishes, you are welcome here "oldpapa" , best regards, Lionheart

[Michael Hartlef]

@petr: do you need help for issue 3? my input would be: button menu gui or tbgl (axisfork example) or other things... say it to me... what's the date for deadline???

Hi Franck,

at deadline is not set yet and there are allways articles welcome. The more the better.

Michael

[Petr Schreiber]

Frank,

article is welcomed, send it in DOC/ODT/PDF/TXT format along with pictures to Journal@ThinBasic.com when ready please.
I am looking forward to it!


Petr

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