Lazarus 1.0 release available for download

[el-mono]

changos que linda noticia.

Thank you guys for excelent work!

Congratulations from Argentina.

[j0x]

it maybe just a wishful thinking for a noob like me but i hope more people provide more SIMPLE and FREE tutorials for people like me especially in ebook PDF format, like they said their will always be more noobs than experts when it comes to programming

Take a look at two free e-books discussed here in the forum:

http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=12926.0

http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,17932.msg100155.html#msg100155

There are several web sites that have instruction in Delphi/ObectPascal development. Two examples are:

http://delphi.about.com/

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/

Hope this helps.

Jerry

actually i learn a lot from delphibasics website and this forum but its just sad their is not much free documentation... their is also SchoolFreewares youtube video tutorials that recently been updated but it will be tons better to have a PDF formatted ebook of those free resources

it maybe just a wishful thinking for a noob like me but i hope more people provide more SIMPLE and FREE tutorials for people like me especially in ebook PDF format, like they said their will always be more noobs than experts when it comes to programming

And like they said as well, it's easier to write code than documentation
Object Pascal tutorial is everywhere on the net though, which is I guess why we only need to provide differences with existing one instead of full blown tutorials. Have you tried some of Lazarus e-books? Like the one written by Motaz?

i learned a lot on the forums by asking stuffs and people like you Leledumbo are always there to answer them

but despite that im still am noob to programming and this is the only program that i completed with Lazarus a simple alternative HandbrakeGUI - http://code.google.com/p/cyko/

i can imagine the so much needed time by total newbies to Lazarus on spending too much time searching for lazarus free pascal programming codes that they want to learn to make their prospect project/s... so to me a simple and free pdf ebook that has the basics like simple database creation/manipulation will make learning of Lazarus faster

[jwdietrich]

Congratulations and thank you for your efforts!

I use Lazarus for several years now in order to develop professional scientific and medical applications. It is a joy to use this IDE, the more as it grows in quality from version to version.

[eny]

i can imagine the so much needed time by total newbies to Lazarus on spending too much time searching for lazarus free pascal programming codes that they want to learn to make their prospect project/s...

I have to agree with you.
There is much documentation but not much entry level stuff that 'gets you going' (or at least it's difficult to assess for someone new what is the most relevant).
And all documentation is not very coherent (you could buy the book ).
You can help by telling what you have missed and thought what was/is the most difficult to understand.
Then someone could write a page or pages for the wiki about it.

[Knipfty]

And all documentation is not very coherent (you could buy the book ).

I bought the book and it was a big help in getting me up to speed.
This forum has been invaluable!  Thank you everyone!

[TurboRascal]

I thought that there was no service pack for the just released 1.0 of Lazarus, but was confused by the post. Thanks for clarifying that for me!

Well, just released or otherwise, there are no "service packs" for Lazarus, this is not made by Micro$oft 

Lazarus is free and open source software, so there is no need for any packs or updates, you can always download the whole application, binaries and source...

[Leledumbo]

i can imagine the so much needed time by total newbies to Lazarus on spending too much time searching for lazarus free pascal programming codes that they want to learn to make their prospect project/s... so to me a simple and free pdf ebook that has the basics like simple database creation/manipulation will make learning of Lazarus faster

Maybe the two e-books in the forum can be hotlinked in the Bookstore on the left along with the commercial "Lazarus, the complete guide". Anybody wants to do it?

[BigChimp]

You can help by telling what you have missed and thought what was/is the most difficult to understand.
Then someone could write a page or pages for the wiki about it.

Agreed, very good suggestion. Also the idea to link to the existing ebooks is a nice one.

[j0x]

You can help by telling what you have missed and thought what was/is the most difficult to understand.
Then someone could write a page or pages for the wiki about it.

i remember that you are active on the forums answering questions by noobs like me thanks eny and this tutorial of yours is cool for beginners - http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Howdy_World_(Hello_World_on_steroids)

as a noob i think a for dummies free tutorial of database application programming will be a great help like using SQLite and PostgreSQL

eny's Hellow World on Steroids is a good example of a for dummies tutorial

and ye i agree that making a dedicated area for those free ebooks will be a big help too just for easy access since noobs like me find it very time-consuming (i almost give up) to search for free tutorials

[Dibo]

So we have 1.0.

What we can expect in future version? What is the major target now?

[BigChimp]

as a noob i think a for dummies free tutorial of database application programming will be a great help like using SQLite and PostgreSQL

Don't people ever look/search through the wiki?
What about http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/SQLdb_Tutorial1?

And there's much more tutorials. Hint: look for the tutorial category page - in fact click on the Tutorial text in Category:Tutorial at the bottom of a Tutorial, search for the text "tutorial" in wiki search.

You could also help by starting your own or improving existing wiki pages. Every little bit helps.

@Dibo, perhaps this:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Roadmap
helps...
I can imagine things like docking may now be looked at..

[Leledumbo]

So we have 1.0.

What we can expect in future version? What is the major target now?

http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Development_Process#After_the_1.0_release

[Rocky]

Congratulations and thanks to the development team for this milestone! A serious alternative to Delphi, and it has evolved faster than Delphi since it was abandoned by Borland (I think current versions of Delphi have added minor changes compared to Lazarus).

[libudi]

Congratulations, Thanks to all, Glad to use it

[matthius]

Thanks for your job, but french enterprises do not know lazarus or do not use linux. I have sent 3 articles to "Programmez" and some on http://www.developpez.net.