Training in Pick Basic

[Simon Verona]

Hi

I have a non-programming employee who is after learning to program.  We are based in Sheffield, UK and use jBASE.   Anybody any thoughts on online resources, or training courses available here in the UK that I can make use of ?   

Unusually for somebody in this group, I'm not looking for free resources, I'm more than willing to pay for the right course/book...

Thanks in advance

Simon Verona

[JJCSR]

Try Jon Sisk.    AT the same period of time he was giving my new employee PICK training, 5 years ago, he was doing the same for someone in Sweden, I believe.

Jim Cronin
Director MIS
Kittery Trading Post,
Maine, USA

[fwinans]

I've benefitted most from two small printed manuals,
Advanced Pick Reference Manual,  and {the 60 page PROC
chapter of } Pick R83 Reference Manual. 
I've no idea where you'd find 'em, they're circa 1990,
but they're a good start on self-instruction.
The D3 reference manual is available online, I think;
it is in essence what D3 users call the "help" command.
I do not know about Jbase, but D3 comes with source
code to a lot of their verbs, which a are handy examples
for new users.

Someone sold a program written in Pick basic for 
self-paced training, but haven't seen anything like that
for many years now...  Such products don't make the
owners filthy rich, it would seem.

Simon Verona wrote:

Any thoughts on online resources or training courses available here in the UK ?

[Martin Phillips]

Hi Simon,

 

There is a self-study “Teach yourself QM” course on the openqm.com web site. Whilst this is written for QM users, much of it is applicable to other multivalue products.

 

We also deliver on site training for the U2 products in the UK. This time, details are on the ladybridge.com web site.

 

 

Martin Phillips
Ladybridge Systems Ltd
17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England
+44 (0)1604-709200

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[Scott Strauss]

Kudos to the person who said Jon Sisk.  When I first started programming in Pick a few years back, the first thing I found was his online user manual.  It's a great place to start.  Here is the link:  http://www.jes.com/pb/ . You might also find TigerLogic's online user's guide and reference manuals helpful.  While some is specific to D3, most of it is common to all flavors of Pick.  User's Guide link: http://www.tigerlogic.com/tigerlogic/pick/support/documentation/d3nt/90/userguide/index.htm .  Reference manual link: http://www.tigerlogic.com/tigerlogic/pick/support/documentation/d3nt/90/refman/index.htm .

Simon, I hope this proves helpful.  Good luck.

[JJCSR]

I think I was a bit vague when I referenced Jon Sisk for “online training”.    My new employee actually trained with Jon via Skype, which allowed Jon to be directly connected with my employee, sans long-distance phone call expenses.

 

We are located on the East coast; Jon was in California at that time.    I weighed the cost of travel  expenses (air fare, hotel, car rental, food, etc.) to send my “programmer-to-be” to California, vs. 10-hours of time on the Skype line.    It was a no-brainer.    I arranged with Jon to train my new guy in Pick/Basic, using a real-life task that I had been trying for some time to find the time to do myself.   That was nearly six years ago, and that employee has done much Pick programming, since.

 

I was occasionally able to conference with the training, also on Skype, to hear what Jon was teaching, and to throw in my 2-cents worth.   And, in the cfourse of this training, neither of us (my new employee, or myself), ever had to leave our office.

 

Again, good luck.

 

Jim Cronin

Dir. MIS

Kittery Trading Post

 

On Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:36:12 PM UTC-4, Simon Verona wrote: