Hey guys, back with another question. It's not code related, well sort of not. Can anyone suggest a good book I could buy to help me learn the basics of gambas 3.
I know there's the wiki site but that's not exactly what I'm looking for.

Gambas One - Gambas ONE

https://wordpress.gambas.one/external-resources/

/doc - Gambas Documentation

/doc/book - Gambas Documentation

https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Gambas-Programming-Version/dp/0741466023

Since the free PDF version download link is gone:

I also found this.

https://gambas.sourceforge.net/Getting%20Started%20with%20GAMBAS.odt

This was also interesting.

6 Excellent Free Books to Learn BASIC - LinuxLinks

Hi, I registered here specifically to answer this question.
I'm still an absolute beginner with gambas myself, although I've been following the project for a long time. But I couldn't get to grips with the documentation.
My recommendation is definitely the Greek Gambas3 book: https://github.com/demosthenesk/the_gambas3_book
I wasn't put off by the language and the Greek letters and I'm currently on the last few pages.
The book is great. I recommend using a translation tool such as deepl.com or https://translate.disroot.org/
and in addition the excellent online wiki from Gambas, / - Gambas Documentation
I have translated the entire text of the book into German and refined the text with details from the online wiki.
In my opinion, this book explains the concept of Gambas very well and even things like class creation are well presented.

 Hi poly

I have been trying to get that greek pdf translated to english with no succes.
It either timed-out or translation was only partionally done.
I tried multiple tools but without luck.  I must say these were all free tools.
I also tried the one you mentioned.
 Is there a way you can upload your translated copy here?
I would really appreciate that.
Regards
gbAmainie

gbAmainie said

Is there a way you can upload your translated copy here?

Hi Amainie,

I would really like to help you and I am happy to provide you with my translations. There is just one problem: I translated into German. I don't think that will be of much help to you, is it?
As far as tools are concerned, I can only say that I mainly used deepl.com. However, there are now severe restrictions on its use.
I also used LibreTranslate - Free and Open Source Machine Translation API 🌐, but there are currently some problems there as well.

I worked through the entire book and created all the examples myself. That was a great help for me in getting to know Gambas and its classes.
I can send you my German translations if that makes it easier for you.
Otherwise, I can only refer you to a new project that is currently being created by gbWilly here  from this forum. GambasOS. This is aimed more at beginners.
The Greek book has the advantage that it provides a rough overview of all classes, each with an example.
But because of these completely different letters, it wasn't easy for me to translate at first, but over time  I somehow got the hang of it.
 I hope I haven't written something completely different with my translation


best regards
Poly

 Hi poly


I dont mind a German translation,
i worked for many years  on IT-projects where the manuals were written in German.

Regards

OK, please wait a moment, I need to boot into the other system, if this old clunker can still manage it.

 OK, I was actually able to boot up.
You should have received a PM.

best regards
Poly

 Hi poly

Thank you very much.
Really appreciated.

Regards

Hi Poly,

first of all, thanks for that great hint about that greek Gambas book. I've already started to translate a few pages by myself (using your tips) but to be honest with you: I really wanna piggyback on gbAmainie's request.
I would also love getting a PM from you and appreciate your hard work.

Besten Dank und viele Grüße!

Torcado said

Hi Poly,

Hi Torcado,

Du hast Post bekommen

beste Grüße
Poly

 Hey Poly!

Danke, dass Du so schnell reagiert hast. Bis dato ist leider noch nichts eingetroffen, was ich Dir in einer PM auch mitteilen wollte … doch siehe da: Auch meine Nachricht verharrte nur in "Outgoing" und wurde nie gesendet. Wahrscheinlich hängt das Forum soeben ein wenig.
Dennoch bereits DANKE für Deine Mühen!

Wünsche Dir noch einen schönen Abend!

 Ich habe Dir jetzt auf die PM noch einmal geantwortet.
Kannst Du mir kurz Bescheid geben, ob es geklappt hat.
Könnte sein, dass ich alte PMs löschen muss, um neue zu senden.

Danke.

Poly said

Ich habe Dir jetzt auf die PM noch einmal geantwortet.
Kannst Du mir kurz Bescheid geben, ob es geklappt hat.
Könnte sein, dass ich alte PMs löschen muss, um neue zu senden.

Danke.

There is a limit of 50 messages stored per member, but that is for received messages. Outgoing messages are not affected by the number of stored messages.

sholzy said

Poly said

Ich habe Dir jetzt auf die PM noch einmal geantwortet.
Kannst Du mir kurz Bescheid geben, ob es geklappt hat.
Könnte sein, dass ich alte PMs löschen muss, um neue zu senden.

Danke.

There is a limit of 50 messages stored per member, but that is for received messages. Outgoing messages are not affected by the number of stored messages.

Thanks for the quick reply.  
It was probably some other problem, but it has now worked.

Poly said

gbAmainie said

Is there a way you can upload your translated copy here?

Hi Amainie,

I would really like to help you and I am happy to provide you with my translations. There is just one problem: I translated into German. I don't think that will be of much help to you, is it?
As far as tools are concerned, I can only say that I mainly used deepl.com. However, there are now severe restrictions on its use.
I also used LibreTranslate - Free and Open Source Machine Translation API 🌐, but there are currently some problems there as well.

I worked through the entire book and created all the examples myself. That was a great help for me in getting to know Gambas and its classes.
I can send you my German translations if that makes it easier for you.
Otherwise, I can only refer you to a new project that is currently being created by gbWilly here  from this forum. GambasOS. This is aimed more at beginners.
The Greek book has the advantage that it provides a rough overview of all classes, each with an example.
But because of these completely different letters, it wasn't easy for me to translate at first, but over time  I somehow got the hang of it.
 I hope I haven't written something completely different with my translation


best regards
Poly

From “Post #10,449”, July 27th 2025, 1:18 PM

Hallo Poly,
ziemlich neu auf Ubuntu von Windows 10, war zwar eine schöne Umstellung, da sich nicht alles 1:1 native umsetzen lässt
aber ja, Generation 60+  
Nach Bash/Terminal bin ich auch auf Gambas3 gekommen. Etwas Erfahrung mit VB unter Excel habe ich ja und jetzt
spiele ich mit diversen Projekten unter Gambas3.

Ich würde auch gerne die Übersetzung haben, wenn Du so nett bist und mir das zusenden könntest?
Besten Dank 🙏

Hi Yogi

you have post ;D

Poly said

Hi Yogi

you have post ;D

From “Post #12,210”, September 30th 2025, 3:08 PM

Besten Dank, habe keine Ahnung, wie man einen Beitrag mit einem Emoji versieht so habe ich einfach
ein paar Punkte gegeben, auch wenn ich als "Rookie" fast keine habe.
Liebe Grüße

Yogi said

Poly said

Hi Yogi

you have post ;D

From “Post #12,210”, September 30th 2025, 3:08 PM

Besten Dank, habe keine Ahnung, wie man einen Beitrag mit einem Emoji versieht so habe ich einfach
ein paar Punkte gegeben, auch wenn ich als "Rookie" fast keine habe.
Liebe Grüße

From “Post #12,226”, October 1st 2025, 12:33 AM

Please use English on the public part of the forum as this is an English speaking forum, not German.
Use a private topic for these kind of communications.  

gbWilly said

Please use English on the public part of the forum as this is an English speaking forum, not German.
Use a private topic for these kind of communications.  

From “Post #12,232”, October 1st 2025, 10:26 AM

Thanks for pointing in the right direction 😇
I'm sorry, I wrote that faster than I thought about it.
Regards
Yogi

Yogi said

ziemlich neu auf Ubuntu von Windows 10, war zwar eine schöne Umstellung, da sich nicht alles 1:1 native umsetzen lässt
aber ja, Generation 60+  
Nach Bash/Terminal bin ich auch auf Gambas3 gekommen. Etwas Erfahrung mit VB unter Excel habe ich ja und jetzt
spiele ich mit diversen Projekten unter Gambas3.

From “Post #12,200”, September 30th 2025, 12:00 PM

This might be interesting for you: GambOS repository
It is the software repository of GambOS and since you are on Ubuntu, you could add it and install Gambas Learning Center and some guides (one Gambas beginners guide and one about GambOS/Debian and thus Ubuntu as well, a Linux beginners guide aimed at Gambas developers) If you are using Gambas from official Ubuntu repositories you are better of with this version of Gambas anyway as they are badly packaged not conform the Gambas instructions for pacjkaging.

You could also just install GambOS (an educational preseeded Debian) in a virtual machine and have a safe environment to play and learn, without messing with your current installed Ubuntu. The GambOS project is hosted there on Gambas One and aims at people new to Gambas and/or Linux. The Linux discussed is Debian as many newcomers start on a Debian based disribution, like Ubuntu, so the core things are identical

And yes, I do read German as I live a 45 minutes drive away from Germany. As a kid I used to watch ZDF, WDR und NRD on TV (in the antenna universe that once was), where I learned German watching 'Das progamma mit die Maus' and such…

Dear gbWilly,

Thanks for the hints, most of them I got already from Poly 👍

As most of the people I have to find also the time to do all that stuff, for me it was not that ease to
jump from Windows and getting the things done in a similar way. The lurning curve is there but
after the about 2 month I don't want to go back.
Also I'm forgetting the things I rarely use... 

My youngest grand daughter aged 4 if they come for a visit she always asks for seeing "Die Sendung mit der Maus"
on the laptop which I can't hardly deny if she looks at me with her bright eyes and a smile 😀
One of my favorite series back then was "The Munsters", in black and white, and as far as I can remember
with German subtitles and the original language. (Hermans laughing: "Ha - Ha - Ha" 😀)
Thanks & Regards
Yogi