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- From: i.einman@genie.com (IAN J. EINMAN)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Update to Native Developer Kit 3.1: Request for ideas
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 21:32:40 GMT
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- >>Frankly, I never saw the point of making the autodocs and reference tables
- available in the form of a book. I very much preferred the electronic form.
-
- I like to have both formats handy. I would be more than pleased with simply an electronic
- update at first, but I would like to see new reference booxs in the future. My 2.0 set
- has gotten a lot of use.
-
- The other factor is that ANYONE could buy the books at a store, you didn't need to be a registered
- developer to get going. This was how I started programming the Amiga, Devpac 2.14 and the
- RKM's. I think they need to be available in book form - some people program better this way.
-
- My preference is to have everything online cross-referenced with AmigaGuide format, I use this
- most of the time. But I originally learned stuff by just reading the RKM: Libraries book.
-
-
- I would like to eventually see a programmer's CD-ROM come out. This would have all the
- NDK stuff, as well as the dev/ directory of Aminet, and perhaps example source, and demos
- of commercial compilers/assemblers etc. Everything someone could use to get going. Having
- all the PD/Shareware tools in addition to the NDK stuff would be great. Perhaps
- also on here could go Fred Fish's ADE project. As much as could be crammed on a CD.
- Ideally someone who is actually NEW to Amiga programming (yes there are some) and may or may
- not even have net access could buy this CD and a compiler, (or use GNU or something
- on the disk), and just get going, with BGUI/MUI/NDK/ADE and anything else they could want.
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