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Newbie - best way to learn?

Steve2381Steve2381 Posts: 94
edited 2011-11-02 00:22 in Propeller 1
Hi all
I bought the Propeller starter kit. Read through the book.... Mmmm
I know stamp programming pretty well, but this looks far more complicated than I thought.
Is there a better 'starter' book than the book that comes with the Propeller kit that teaches you a bit more 'step by step' ?
Thanks
Steve

Comments

  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-10-31 02:57
    I recommend following the Propeller Education Kit Labs.

    Propeller Education Kit Labs: Fundamentals Book v1.2
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2011-10-31 04:43
    Chapter Three of this document:

    http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/prod/prop/WebPM-v1.01.pdf
  • Steve2381Steve2381 Posts: 94
    edited 2011-10-31 05:41
    Thanks guys.... thats a little more helpful

    Wave goodbye to my winter evenings now!
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,401
    edited 2011-10-31 05:47
    Steve2381, there's some very friendly Parallax style documentation in progress right now around our Propeller BOE. This will be released at the same time as the PropBOE, currently planned around the time your winter evenings start to set in - early December. Also, we'll be releasing some documentation for our RadioShack customers too. We should see that in the next week. I agree about reading the PE Kit labs in the meantime, too.

    Ken Gracey
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2011-10-31 07:15
    Hello Steve - I have found these tutorials to be very beginner friendly too. Hang in there there's plenty of good advice around the forums too.

    Paul
  • JonnyMacJonnyMac Posts: 9,202
    edited 2011-10-31 08:33
    Scan these forums and try to solve the problems others post. It's a great way to learn using an issue that is not under your own skin.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-10-31 10:08
    I'm a big fan of JonnyMac's SpinZone articles.

    The articles really helped when I was trying to learn PASM.

    Duane
  • Steve2381Steve2381 Posts: 94
    edited 2011-10-31 13:16
    Thanks for all the advice guys.
    Hopefully with all this to reference from, I can get going. I know the basics, but found the jump from Basic stamp to Propeller a bit more of a jump than I had expected.

    I built this years ago using a stamp ..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCgMDY-Sg1Q

    If I had a Propeller back then... oh so much easier!!
    Steve
  • HShankoHShanko Posts: 402
    edited 2011-10-31 13:38
    Steve2381,

    Nice video and good looking design. Yes, wouldn't a Prop help ease that design. Thanks to referencing that project.
  • Kevin WoodKevin Wood Posts: 1,266
    edited 2011-10-31 18:38
    The "Official Guide" is a good place to start.
  • Jorge PJorge P Posts: 385
    edited 2011-11-01 23:40
    Steve2381 wrote: »
    I know stamp programming pretty well, but this looks far more complicated than I thought.
    Steve

    I was intimidated by what seemed complex at first too, but I didn't realize how much easier it was to write spin code until I actually wrote my own code. It's as easy or easier to get a grasp on spin that it was to program the stamps in my opinion. OBEX has a bunch of good examples that helped me understand spin.
  • bsnutbsnut Posts: 521
    edited 2011-11-02 00:22
    I agree as well.

    Another cool thing about spin is, that it is method based, which makes the programming alot easier.
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