SpiderBasic

Paul wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:37 am

Random Terrain wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 3:46 pm While looking at example programs, you might see "Case" and go to look it up in the index. You can't find it, then you do a Google site search of spiderbasic.com and can't find it that way.

I typed "case" under index and it gave me easy to understand results in both the SpiderBasic help file and PureBasic help file.
It's super quick to just press F1 in the IDE to bring up the help file.

I was looking at examples here:

https://www.spiderbasic.com/showcase/onlineviewer/

And looking for info here:

https://www.spiderbasic.com/documentation/

I think I clicked the Search tab, then typed in Case and got a long list of every time the word "case" was used. I didn't know that the Index tab was what I needed.

I also didn't know that I should put example code in the editor so I could click on a command or keyword that I want to know more about, then press F1.

It' amazing what you will learn/discover if you actually read through the helpfile/manual.
To this day I still learn new things when I have some time and I go through it again.

Paul wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:49 pm It' amazing what you will learn/discover if you actually read through the helpfile/manual.
To this day I still learn new things when I have some time and I go through it again.

Yep, I'll be doing everything through the IDE from now on. Better than going directly to the web site.

But I can't truly learn anything, though. For example, even though I've been using batari Basic for around 15 years, I still have to look up code examples and copy and paste code into whatever I'm working on.