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BasicCoder2
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Joined: Jan 01, 2009 7:03
Location: Australia

Re: Free basic

Post by BasicCoder2 »

Have you used any other languages? If not then you need to start at the very beginning to learn the programming concepts common to all computer languages.

I use the FBIDE with Windows and Geany with my Raspberry Pi (Linux).
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fbide/

You might run your eyes over some of these googled links to see if anything looks suitable?

https://documentation.help/FreeBASIC/documentation.pdf
https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/DocToc
https://www.auditsi.eu/?wpfb_dl=26
http://notthecheatr.phatcode.net/fb_n00 ... 0b-01.html
http://bourabai.kz/einf/freebasic/TutHo ... Game1.html
http://virtualink.wikidot.com/fbtut:FreeBASIC
viewtopic.php?t=15196
https://users.freebasic-portal.de/rdc/tutorials.html
https://nr100.home.xs4all.nl/badidea/ta ... al_05.html

Feel free to ask any questions on this forum.
badidea
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Location: The Netherlands

Re: Free basic

Post by badidea »

Lol, I should continue with that game some day. But not really a freebasic starting point I think.

@Sammy25, like BasicCoder2 said, do have any coding experience? Do you have the compiler installed? Can you compile and run a simple 'hello world'? And do you have a specific goal? Best for learning is a combination of reading and trying simple code examples. If you have no coding experience, it will take time. Btw, it is freeBASIC (one word), 'free' and 'basic' are other things.
BasicCoder2
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Re: Free basic

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badidea wrote:
Lol, I should continue with that game some day. But not really a freebasic starting point I think.
So your tutorial is over 10 years old!

The important part of the tutorial for a beginner who is using Windows and decides to use the FBIDE is,

"To make things more convenient (and simpler for beginners), one can download and install an IDE for FreeBASIC. For Windows system, a simple IDE to start with is FBIDE (http://fbide.freebasic.net/). Most easy is to download the bundle (IDE + compiler). Install the program at the preferred location (e.g. E:\programs\FreeBASIC in my case). The bundle however, does not come with the latest version of the compiler. To upgrade to the newest version, simply download it from http://www.freebasic.net/index.php/download and install it in exactly the same location (e.g. E:\programs\FreeBASIC)."

I notice most recent new members post nothing. I wonder why they even bother to register if they are simply lurkers?
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