derykm@oz.plymouth.edu (Dez) (10/31/90)
Hi. I am looking for good material, such as Books and magazines, that will help me in my programming with Clipper. I am also looking for a good beginning/intermediate book on programming in Clipper and/or Dbase III+. I have looked at Arthur Fuller's book, but it tends to be a little advanced, and doesn't give good examples on getting started, nor finding the answer to a problem qukckly. All help is greatly appreciated. thanks. deryk ...................................................................... \ ...Deryk C. Marien / \ . Plymouth State College, Business Department / >----. Plymouth, NH 03264 -------------------------------------< / . UUCP: !uunet!oz.plymouth.edu!derykm or \ / . !uunet!unhd.unh.edu!dcm \ /..........BITNET: D_MARIEN@UNHH or DERYKM@PSC........................\ -- ...................................................................... \ ...Deryk C. Marien / \ . Plymouth State College, Business Department / >----. Plymouth, NH 03264 -------------------------------------<
roger@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Boissonnas) (10/31/90)
In article <1990Oct30.163937.26480@oz.plymouth.edu> derykm@oz.plymouth.edu (Dez) writes: >I am looking for good material, such as Books and magazines, that will >help me in my programming with Clipper. Can't help you with books, but you might want to try the following magazines: Reference(Clipper), published monthly by Pinacle Publishing, Inc., 28621 Pacific Highway South, Federal Way, WA 98003. A one year (twelve issue) subscription costs $99 (U.S.) or $119 (anywhere else). Phone: 800/231-1293 (U.S.), 206/941-2300 (elsewhere). I've found this magazine to have two or three usable suggestions per issue, ranging from basic to advanced. DBMS, published monthly (except June, which has two issues) by M & T Publishing, Inc., 501 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063. Subscriptions cost $24.95 per year (U.S.), $35 (Canada and Mexico), or $60 (anywhere else). Subscription info: 800/456-1859 (U.S. and Canada), 303/447-9330 (elsewhere). This is a better general magazine, less technical than Reference(Clipper), with a focus on all dBase-language products and some coverage of other languages. Data Based Advisor, published monthly by Data Based Solutions, Inc., 4010 Morena Blvd., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92117, phone 619/483-6400. Subscriptions cost $35 per year (U.S.), $45 (Canada and Mexico), and $65 (elsewhere). This is the most general magazine of all, covering dBase- language stuff, PC-based SQL stuff, Paradox, and so on, none of them in as much depth as either Reference(Clipper) or DBMS. Hope this helps. I have no connection with any of these magazines, of course, other than as a subscriber. Roger Boissonnas roger@theory.tn.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center (607) 254-8686
b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (11/01/90)
If you can find books by Rick Spense or Steve Straley (although *not* Straley's
Programming In Clipper (c) 1987 (because it was written when Summer '87 just
came out, and 5.0 was unheard of.) you'll be in good shape. If you're a dBASE
programmer then any of the magazines mentioned in a previous post would help;
my recommendation is Reference(Clipper) - additionally, Straley publishes a
newsletter called From the Desk of Steve Straley. It's a biweekly, with code
and code fragments in Clipper (now in Clipper 5.0) every issue. Address is:
Four Seasons Publishing Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 20025
New York, NY 10017-0001
Subscription costs are $80/year.
I've found that the best reference materials (assuming that you're a dBASE
programmer) are just Nantucket's sample code and the manuals. What kind of
stuff are you looking to program? If you have any particular questions, post
or e-mail me (b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu), OK?
- Davetomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) (11/02/90)
In article <1990Oct30.163937.26480@oz.plymouth.edu> derykm@oz.plymouth.edu (Dez) writes: >Hi. > >I am looking for good material, such as Books and magazines, that will >help me in my programming with Clipper. Rick Spence's "Programming in Clipper" is in a league by itself. There is simply no other book that compares to it (IMHO) in discussing the subtleties, tricks and problems of serious Clipper development. (It is published by Micro Trend (i.e., Data Based Advisor) in San Diego.) BTW, I don't know when an edition discussing 5.0 (aka "Summer '90") will be available. However, Rick has had an ongoing series in DBMS Mag on new features in 5.0, and obtaining these would be a good start toward the brave, new world of 5.0. Que's "Using Clipper" by Wiley is good for serving as a bootleg manual for Clipper. It provides a comprehensive command listing, as well as introductory material on linking, overlays, etc. Tom Rombouts Torrance Techie tomr@ashate.A-T.com V:(213)538-7108
tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) (11/02/90)
In article <1559@ashton.UUCP> tomr@ashton.UUCP (Tom Rombouts) writes: >....However, Rick has had an ongoing series in >DBMS Mag.... How foolish of me! The series is called "Hard Core Clipper" and has actually appeared in _Data Based Advisor_ magazine. Mea culpa! Tom Rombouts Torrance Techie tomr@ashtate.A-T.com V:(213) 538-7108