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Re: Books for Newbies

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Subject: Re: Books for Newbies
From: Scott Vanderbilt <lists at datagenic dot com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:42:44 -0700
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Dietmar Harms wrote:

> Or should we prefer online resources, like for example the REALbasic  
> university:
> * http://www.applelinks.com/rbu/
> 
> What about the REALbasic Developer magazine? Does it make sense to  
> subscribe as a newbie to REALbasic?

Welcome, Dietmar, from another 4D refugee.

I looked at a few of the books and even got the "Beginning REALbasic: 
 From Novice to Professional". Frankly, I did not find it very useful. I 
did, however, buy all the back issues and a new subscription to 
RealBasic Developer magazine, and found them quite useful.

But the best thing for me was just to dive in, open up the Language 
Reference and start converting one of my old 4D projects to RB. As 
problems and questions would arise, I would search the LR, the list 
archives, and/or well as the RealBasic forum archives. 9 times out of 
10, I found an answer, resolution, or workaround fairly quickly.

While I still have a long way to go, I'm pretty well along and have 
learned to like RB quite a bit, its minor quirks and flaws 
notwithstanding. Most important of all, I am firmly convinced I will 
never start another project in 4D again and use RB for all my future 
cross-platform development.

I know there are at least a few other former 4D users here. And I've 
never heard of anyone switching from RB to 4D. They only come in this 
direction. So, rest assured you've made the right decision. <g>

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