In which section of the forum should I create a topic?

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In which section of the forum should I create a topic?

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Sometimes I have questions about where to post a new topic. I think this will be useful for beginners too.

1. There was a proposal for an IDE. This is not a bug and is not appropriate for the section "The PureBasic Editor : Working on new editor enhancements?", since I don't want to work on the enhancements, but I want someone else to do the work. But I noticed that the topic was moved from the bugs section to the "The PureBasic Editor" section. Perhaps “suggestions and tools” could be added to the topic description. At the moment I have 4 tools located in different topics, but not in "The PureBasic Editor".
2. The topic "Applications - Feedback and Discussion" contains ready-made applications without source codes. For me, this section is of little interest, since it involves testing the appearance of the program and interaction. With the same success, you can test a program written in any other language. It is obvious to anyone that you can write any program in PureBasic. Maybe it's worth creating a section where you can discuss the application with the source code? So that users with more experience can suggest the correct program structure.
3. Maybe we should create a "Snippets" topic? For example, I want to share a short function (CountString2), nothing special, but for the "Snippets" topic it will be suitable.
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Re: In which section of the forum should I create a topic?

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Countstring2 sounds like a tip and tricks topic to me if it's pb source code.
Applications and discussions could be an application or a library or import library.
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AZJIO wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:41 pm1. There was a proposal for an IDE. This is not a bug and is not appropriate for the section "The PureBasic Editor : Working on new editor enhancements?", since I don't want to work on the enhancements, but I want someone else to do the work.
"Feature Requests and Wishlists" if it is a feature, "Bugs - IDE" if it is a bug to be fixed.
AZJIO wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:41 pm2. The topic "Applications - Feedback and Discussion" contains ready-made applications without source codes.
If you have developed a full blown application with PureBasic you can show and advertise it there, whether you share the source or not. But not just snippets, that's what Tricks and Tips is for.
AZJIO wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:41 pm3. Maybe we should create a "Snippets" topic? For example, I want to share a short function (CountString2), nothing special, but for the "Snippets" topic it will be suitable.
Tricks and Tips - Share your advanced PureBasic knowledge/code with the community.

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Let's summarize it a bit.

You have a question regarding a coding problem which is not very platform specific?
Coding Questions
Game Programming
3D Programming
Assembly and C Programming in PureBasic

You have a question regarding the IDE or Form Designer?
The PureBasic Editor
The PureBasic Form Designer

You are not sure or it is more general?
General Discussion

You want a feature or a change?
Feature Requests and Wishlists

You want to share a good piece of code or a library you've written or bound to PureBasic?
Tricks 'n' Tips

You found a bug and want to report it?
Bugs - Windows
Bugs - Linux
Bugs - Mac OSX
Bugs - 3D Engine
Bugs - IDE
Bugs - Documentation
Bugs - C backend

You have a very platform specific coding problem?
AmigaOS
Linux
Windows
Mac OSX
Raspberry PI

You are Fred or freak or someone who made something very PureBasic related and want to announce something?
Announcement

Random thoughts?
Off Topic

Proud of your finished application and want to show?
Applications - Feedback and Discussion

Third party editors PureForm & JaPBe related stuff goes here:
PureFORM & JaPBe

Third party library maker TailBite related stuff goes here:
TailBite
Last edited by DarkDragon on Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:03 am, edited 4 times in total.
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1. The function is not outstanding, nothing special, but it makes sense for a beginner. There is no point in sharing it with specialists who will write it in 2 minutes.
2. Wish lists as I understand it for new features, not IDE improvements
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Re: In which section of the forum should I create a topic?

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AZJIO wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:01 am 1. The function is not outstanding, nothing special, but it makes sense for a beginner. There is no point in sharing it with specialists who will write it in 2 minutes.
2. Wish lists as I understand it for new features, not IDE improvements
IDE improvements are new features. I've edited my post to summarize how the structure works. Feature Requests and Wishlist is literally just a wishlist to note down what you'd like to have. Whether it will be implemented or not is a decision of Fred and freak.
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