I am a long time Xojo user and I have seen that there are several new folks here who have a lot of questions.
I am willing to do a live / interactive tutorial this Saturday morning 8:00AM to 10:00AM CST (8/31) and/or Monday evening 7:00PM to 9:00PM CST on (9/9), depending on interest.
I have been using Xojo for 10+ years mostly to do behind the scenes kind of stuff. My day job is data architect so we can spend hours and hours talking about database design if you want.
I say all that so that you understand that there are limits to what I can speak to intelligently.
Proposed topics: (in no particular order)
Desktop Applications
Populating a Listbox
Window ~ Implicit Instances
Methods
Database Connectivity: SQLite & PostgreSQL
Dig around the Xojo sample application: Eddie’s Electronics
Some Web application basics
Some Console application basics
Maybe touch on ARGEN which is a community ORM
I have no idea how much we will actually get to.
If you have other topics you would like to chat about then post them here and I will see what we can do.
I have done absolutely NO mobile development so that topic will not be covered.
Please PM me if you are interested.
Thanks!
(edited to add the dates with the days)
You are welcome!
Once I know which one you want to attend I will send an invite from my personal email to you and we will do this over Google Hangouts.
So I will need the email address you want me to use to contact you.
Please PM me your email address so that it is not posted out here in the open and I will let you know mine.
No selling of email addresses, I promise!
If I get some time to test my setup for that ahead of time I may do that. If I record either of the two sessions I think the second one is more likely since it will give me more time to prepare for that.
The Saturday AM session went well ~ it was a small, but great group that was there.
I have opted to push out the one I had planned for this coming Monday (9/9) to Monday 10/07 in hopes that with a longer lead time more folks might be able to join.
It will start at 7PM Central Time (GMT -6) and go for a couple hours.
If you decide you would like to attend please message me here on the forum and I will share the details.
I"m drafting up the newsletter here is what I wrote for your tutorial
Live Xojo Tutorial on Hangouts
“Xojo Pro Craig Boyd has been using Xojo for over 10 years in his day job as a data architect. Recently Craig has begun hosting small gatherings on Hangouts focusing on Xojo beginner topics like Desktop Applications, Populating a Listbox, Methods, Database Connectivity and more. You can PM Craig on the forum to join his next session scheduled for Monday, October 7th at 7PM Central Time (GMT -6).”
I added a “Learn More” link that links to the thread on the forums so they can read the details and PM you to join. I’m sure this will get you more people but if you get overwhelmed by people, I’m her to help!
Hey Craig,
Thanks for your answer!
Apparently I can’t send you private message (for whatever reason).
You are right with your time calculation. Got it wrong somehow.
Well, 2am is a difficult moment to wake up
I will wait for a recorded session then.
