[jcc7]

I've started a tutorial project. I don't have any grand design for it. I'm trying to make it accessible to the uninitiated. I intend to make it so that a programming novice can use it to learn D.

Walter wrote in the D spec (under the heading "Who D is Not For") that "D makes an excellent second language". Well, I believe that if there is a thorough tutorial for learning it, D would be as appropriate as Java as a beginning language. That is the tutorial that I'm trying to create.

If I organize it well enough, programmers who are already experienced in other languages could also benefit from this tutorial by "skipping to" the parts that are different from their language. I'm thinking of something along the lines of Notes For Programmers Used To....

But those are mostly idea at this point. My tutorial web site has a growing number of examples, but I need to fill in most of the commentary portions. At this point the content is sketchy.
I welcome suggestions for improvement and constructive criticism.

[JJR]

This is a very impressive start, Justin. I'll look it over a little more thoroughly when I get some time.

I especially like the layout and organization

Later,

John

[JJR]

Do you have a "foreach" example in the works yet?

[jcc7]

[JJR]

I guess the intent of my question was a little ambiguous. I was just asking if you had plans to add a "foreach" tutorial to your current list.

If I write a tutorial, I'll have to choose the topic carefully because I tend to get carried away. Short and sweet with writing projects isn't my specialty, unfortunately .

[jcc7]

I guess then my answer is yes.

I already had the foreach code pretty much ready to go. It only took about 2 seconds to upload it, so it wasn't a lot of effort. I've got several other examples almost ready to go, I just tend to wait and post a set of them all at once.

I have a little roadmap that I'm somewhat working off of, but mostly the plan is just in my head. I'd like to have at least one full working example for each keyword (eventually). I've been trying to handle what I see as most fundamental topics first.

For now, my tutorial is mostly geared towards procedural programming (partly because that's what I'm most comfortable with). I'll add more object-oriented stuff as I write some more classes of my own. As the topics get more complex, my treatment of them will likely get sketchy. But I'd try to refer to other sources of information as much as possible.

[Q]

Tutorials looking great JCC ( and team! ) , good work .

[Phill]

This is a very nice site, great stuff guys!

Can I request a simple Thread example, please?

I have attempted to create another Thread for drawing(updating the
GUI) while reading data with the other.
While I thought that I was doing everything correctly, it does not work(GUI freezes until all data is retrieved).

Phill.

[jcc7]

[phill]

This will be good for me to use as a guide.

Thanks a million, I appreciate it!

Phill.

[jcc7]

Here's another thread example (it uses synchronized, too):
http://robertmuench.de/notes/d/ (from D:27125)

[norgus]

Very nice start on a tutorial, but being the programming beginner I am (i.e. I know next to nothing) I think it needs more explanation.

I'll start attempting to compile some tutorial code once I decide how I'll go about it. (Hopefully have linux running in someway, would perfer learning under linux )
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[jcc7]

[norgus]

yeah, It would be nice to be told what the various commands do and in what situations you use them andhow etc..

Im a bit vague because of my litle experience.

An example of a tutorial that I found quite helpfull before are the linux bash tutorials in developerworks on www.IBM.com

I should hopefully be able to set up the compiler, but it would be nice to see some basic instructions on doing that.
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[brad]

Justin,

This may be where the