On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Jeff Duntemann <j...@duntemann.com> wrote: > Three years ago I started rewriting my BP7 Pascal book for FPC, but the > issue of which IDE would be better for beginners drove me nuts. I looked > around for something simple and reliable and eventually set the project > aside. Lazarus is really the way to go for an IDE, but it's a lot to grasp > all at once for students and newcomers. Don't get me wrong; I love it--but > it really wasn't designed for absolute beginners.
I have already worked with 13 students from my university, all of which had never worked with Pascal before and using Lazarus was never an issue. I just explained how to install it correctly (because my projects requires Lazarus from svn) and that's all. I didn't need to say a word about how to use the form designer and people could use it. I didn't need to say a word about how to add files to a project, everyone could do it. When using the stable version I didn't even need to explain them how to install it.... so did you really have a problematic experience involving Lazarus and newbies? -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
