Is there a "best practices" page on this site to use as reference for those FAQ, that AFAIK are not in the docs:

* when to use class vs struct
(eg http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11058906/struct-vs-class-for-writing-d-wrappers-around-foreign-languages)

* what's the standard signature for opEquals ()
(ef http://forum.dlang.org/thread/ewhhutwupqxbepqyzhlr@forum.dlang.org#post-mailman.1402.1345925314.31962.digitalmars-d:40puremagic.com)

* same for toString(), this(), etc.

* to use or not to use @property

etc..

I understand it's on a case by case but I would hope there are certain rules one can follow in 99% cases.

You may want to try/read this:

http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/

Thanks to Ali for this fantastic book!!! Looking forward for the next translations.

On 25.08.2012 22:37, timotheecour wrote:
> Is there a "best practices" page on this site to use as reference for
> those FAQ, that AFAIK are not in the docs:
>
> * when to use class vs struct
> (eg
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11058906/struct-vs-class-for-writing-d-wrappers-around-foreign-languages)
>
>
> * what's the standard signature for opEquals ()
> (ef
> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/ewhhutwupqxbepqyzhlr@forum.dlang.org#post-mailman.1402.1345925314.31962.digitalmars-d:40puremagic.com)
>
>
> * same for toString(), this(), etc.
>
> * to use or not to use @property
>
> etc..
>
> I understand it's on a case by case but I would hope there are certain
> rules one can follow in 99% cases.

On 08/29/2012 01:53 PM, notna wrote:
> You may want to try/read this:
>
> http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/
>
> Thanks to Ali for this fantastic book!!! Looking forward for the next
> translations.

Thank you notna. :) Although, I don't have the exact answers that timotheecour is looking for.

I have been slow in translation recently partly because of summer and partly because of improvements to existing chapters. Actually I have another chapter translated but it needs to mature a little before public consumption. :)

Ali

On Saturday, 25 August 2012 at 20:37:27 UTC, timotheecour wrote:
> Is there a "best practices" page on this site to use as reference for those FAQ, that AFAIK are not in the docs:
>
> * when to use class vs struct
> (eg http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11058906/struct-vs-class-for-writing-d-wrappers-around-foreign-languages)
>

General rule I follow (don't know if this is common): use `struct` unless you are using pointers a lot: that's a sign you need classes.

> * what's the standard signature for opEquals ()
> (ef http://forum.dlang.org/thread/ewhhutwupqxbepqyzhlr@forum.dlang.org#post-mailman.1402.1345925314.31962.digitalmars-d:40puremagic.com)
>
> * same for toString(), this(), etc.
>

IDK

> * to use or not to use @property
>

@property is semantically a fake field. Thus, use it to get an attribute that doesn't have side effects (except for setters) and runs in constant time.

> etc..
>
> I understand it's on a case by case but I would hope there are certain rules one can follow in 99% cases.

My 0.02 dollars,
NMS

Ali, I've to thank YOU!

As a "part-time-programmer", I've to say, your book helped me a mountain.. and actually is a reason why I'm kind of "back2D" ;)
I've all the D books money can buy, so I claim the same statement could be true for other non-professional-programmers, too.

Anyhow, an Index within the PDF/book and a change log would be great. I try to follow the RSS feed, but for changes within existing capitals, its not easy for me to identify them... I always have to run a "PDF diff" tool and then read the newly added or changed lines.

Enjoy the rest of the summer, hope you will find more time for the next translations soon and looking forward for the long cold winter evenings and a good read ;)


On 29.08.2012 23:02, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>
> Thank you notna. :) Although, I don't have the exact answers that
> timotheecour is looking for.
>
> I have been slow in translation recently partly because of summer and
> partly because of improvements to existing chapters. Actually I have
> another chapter translated but it needs to mature a little before public
> consumption. :)
>
> Ali
>

I would also like to thank you for your great tutorials, which I find very concise and at the point.

Looking forward to see more of them getting translated!

On 09/01/2012 08:18 AM, notna wrote:

> Anyhow, an Index within the PDF/book and a change log would be great.

Well, I have finally started a crude change log. The final entry bunches up seven chapters in the change log for r514:

  http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/pdf_indir.html

It will be more granular in the future. :)

Ali

Congratulations for these new seven chapters translated into English!

http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html

Many thanks for the well done work!

-- 
Jordi Sayol