REBOL Programming for the absolute Beginner

1 Introducing REBOL......Page 2
3 Start - Downloading & Installing......Page 5
4 Tiny Demo & Simple Examples......Page 6
5 Perspective for absolute Beginners......Page 8
Built-In Functions and Basic Syntax......Page 9
More Basics: Word Assignment, I/O, Files, Built-In Data Types and Native Protocols......Page 12
GUIs (Program Windows)......Page 17
Blocks, Series, and Strings......Page 24
Conditions......Page 33
Loops......Page 37
User Defined Functions and Imported Code......Page 42
Quick Review and Synopsis......Page 45
A Telling Comparison......Page 46
Built-in Help & Online Resources......Page 48
Saving & Running REBOL Scripts......Page 52
"Compiling" REBOL Programs - distributing packaged .EXE Files......Page 54
Embedding Binary Resources & REBOL's built in Compression......Page 55
Running Command Line Applications......Page 56
Responding to Special Events in GUI - "Feel"......Page 57
Common REBOL Errors......Page 61
Little Email Client......Page 65
Simple Web Page Editor......Page 67
Card File......Page 68
Little Menu Example......Page 71
Loops & Conditions - Simple Data Storage App......Page 72
FTP Chat Room......Page 77
Image Effector......Page 80
Guitar Chord Diagram Maker......Page 83
Shoot-em-up Video Game......Page 85
Listview Multi Column Data Grid Example......Page 88
Thumbnail Maker......Page 94
Objects......Page 97
Ports......Page 103
Parse (Regular Expressions)......Page 119
2D Drawing, Graphics & Animation......Page 123
Animated GIF Images......Page 128
3D Graphics with r3D......Page 132
Multitasking......Page 138
DLLs & Shared Code Files in REBOL......Page 140
Web Programming & CGI Interface......Page 147
WAP - Cell Phone Browser CGI Apps......Page 173
REBOL as Browser Plugin......Page 180
Using Databases......Page 181
Menus......Page 185
Multi Column GUI Text Lists (Data Grids)......Page 194
RebGUI......Page 207
Creating PDF Files using pdf-maker.r......Page 216
Creating .swf Files with REBOL/Flash......Page 225
REBOL Tools......Page 229
REBOL Flavors......Page 230
Bindology, Dialects, Metaprogramming & other advanced Topics......Page 231
10 Real World Case Studies......Page 232
Scheduling Teachers......Page 234
Simple Image Gallery CGI Program......Page 235
Days btw 2 Dates Calculator......Page 237
Simple Search......Page 243
Simple Calculator Application......Page 247
Backup Music Generator (Chord Accompaniment Player)......Page 250
FTP Tool......Page 255
Jeopardy......Page 265
Tetris Game Clone......Page 280
Scheduling Teachers 2......Page 307
Online Member Page CGI Program......Page 313
CGI Event Calendar......Page 330
Ski Game, Snake Game & Space Invaders Shootup......Page 333
Media Player (Wave/MP3 Jukebox)......Page 348
REBOL "Demo"......Page 359
Guitar Chord Chart Printer......Page 364
Web Site Content Management System (CMS), Sitebuilder.cgi......Page 379
GUI Playing Card Framework (Freecell Clone)......Page 415
Downloading Directories - Server Spidering App......Page 432
Vegetable Gardening......Page 438
Additional Teacher Automation Project......Page 448
11 Other Scripts......Page 455
Documentation Links......Page 482
Beyond REBOL......Page 483
REBOL Song......Page 485