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Zylesea
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Wow - Hollywood came a long way.... I remember the V1.9 version pretty good(1st version I bought). It's an impressive development since that.

Will update soonly.
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»2015/2/22 13:19

Templario
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Bought it, now I have hours to reprogrammed my programs and games and will make new games and tools with this great Amiga program. Thanks Andreas!
»2015/2/22 14:02

WB_Coder
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Wow - Hollywood came a long way.... I remember the V1.9 version pretty good(1st version I bought). It's an impressive development since that.

Will update soonly.

Is Hollywood a good language for beginning programmers to learn, or are the principles learned by choosing a non-scripting programming language, like C/C++, or AmigaE, better suited for people just starting to learn how to program?

I have read of some people learning Python, or Java first, which I would think are similar to LUA/Hollywood (all of them being scripting languages from what my limited understanding is), so maybe Hollywood is not a BAD choice to begin with for first time programmers?

Also, isn't there some advantages to learning LUA and/or Hollywood, when your favorite OS is MorphOS? I thought I had read somewhere that MorphOS had included the use of, or better support for LUA (my understanding is that Hollywood is based on LUA)?

[ Edited by WB_Coder On 2015/2/24 19:14 ]
»2015/2/25 2:09

Andreas_Wolf
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> I have read of some people learning Python, or Java first, which I would
> think are similar to LUA/Hollywood (all of them being scripting languages
> from what my limited understanding is)

Java is not a scripting language, while JavaScript/ECMAScript is.
»2015/2/25 7:49

Zylesea
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Hollywood is rather easy to learn. I learned C++ before which of course made it easier to learn Hollywood afterwards. As I am only an occasional coder I prefer Hollywood way over C++ because I don't code enough to keep a certain knowlegde level in C++ and it takes too much time to restart over again and again. Hollywood is way simpler. You can just do things. But to be honest IMHO Hollywood kind of invites you to a bad coding style/spagghetti code. Because you don't need a real plan to actually do your project but can just start to write your stuff. Of course you can keep your code straight and clean.
All in all it's great and with only occasional usage quite some results are achievable.
Since there is the MUI Royale plugin for Hollywood available applications with Hollywood look and feel just like every other MUI application (given you use MUI of course) which gives Hollywood programs the required serious touch.

To make a long story short: I always _want_ to restart my C++ work, but end with Hollywood again and again which offers me as an occasional coder (say one evening in 6 weeks or so for coding). quite something. I will definately update this weekend.

[ Editiert durch Zylesea Ein 2015/2/25 23:43 ]
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»2015/2/25 18:53