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Im thinking of giving Lazurus a try. Anyone here got any experience with it or some good site's with code example's to learn from?

https://www.lazarus-ide.org/

Kind regards Baggey

You will be very disappointed with it. It's a complete mess.
Half of the packages don't work correctly and can break the install. The GUI docking is a joke, and there's no decent tutorial on how to do it correctly.
Oh and let's not for get the bugs that are in it that have never been fixed.

But if you want to try it, then use this tool to build it from scratch.
https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/fpcupdeluxe

Okay?

So im looking for something a bit faster than BlitzMaxNG. What would you suggest my next step should be?

I have a good Grasp of BlitzMaxNG now and want more speed. Should i stick with it or try something else?

I get the impression you've been there done that.

Kindest of Regards Baggey

Quote from: Baggey on February 11, 2024, 17:23:05What would you suggest my next step should be?

Have a look at Haxe (which is written in OCaml) has as far as I can tell a pretty good set of libraries, Dart with Flutter.

Quote from: Baggey on February 11, 2024, 17:23:05I get the impression you've been there done that.

Quite a few times. I've been following it since version 0.9.10. It's now at version 3.0 and very little improvement.

Forgot. There's Haskell as well.

Well for now i think im going to stick with BlitzmaxNG. Im trying it with BLIDE at the moment. Ive got to say though i rather like the Lazurus IDE and feel 

Kind Regards Baggey

Quote from: Baggey on February 12, 2024, 18:39:17Ive got to say though i rather like the Lazurus IDE and feel 

It's a clone of Delphi 6/7 IDE. Much better than the new version IDE of Delphi.
But you won't be liking it much when it crashes at random.

Quote from: Baggey on February 11, 2024, 17:23:05Okay?

So im looking for something a bit faster than BlitzMaxNG...
I have a good Grasp of BlitzMaxNG now and want more speed...

Where do you feel the speed problems in BlitzMax NG? 
I would say that the language 'per se' is very fast.

Mostly the reason for speed problems is the non-optimal code we write.

QuoteMostly the reason for speed problems is the non-optimal code we write.

That's probably why.

I fancy having ago at adding Windows type functionality with buttons, combo boxes and drop down menu's.

I feel the examples to do this in Blitzmax are diabolical! or nonexistent. To get going with my next step in my blitzmax quest? So im feeling the change.

Maybe some tutorials on programming Windows environment stuff in blitzmaxNG could be on the cards?

I would also like better access to Highres timers and programmable triggering mechanisms.

I also feel there are some bugs with Blitzmax particularly. When passing numbers in and out of functions/methods and returning values but can't prove it .

So, Im just dabbling with Lazarus at the moment. The learning curve maybe way too steep thou.

Kind Regards Baggey   

Quote from: Baggey on February 20, 2024, 18:03:31The learning curve maybe way too steep thou.

Object Pascal's learning curve is a lot less than C/C++.

Decided to be a masochist and installed Lazarus IDE 3.0.

Using a simple application using mouse enter/mouse leave events for an image to create and destroy custom popup hint window.
On Windows: No real issues apart from some of the addition packages not building.
On Linux: Worse than programming a Sinclair ZX81 with a wobbly 16K RAM pack attached. After a few enter and leave events, throws an exception and can crash the IDE.
On macOS: I wouldn't know, as I haven't got a recent iMac.

QuoteDecided to be a masochist and installed Lazarus IDE 3.0.

QuoteOn Linux: Worse than programming a Sinclair ZX81 with a wobbly 16K RAM pack attached.

That brings back child hood memory's I use windows anyway.