From: "MPDJ" To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:56 PM Subject: [fpc-pascal] "Building-Block" Design - or putting it all together ;-) > I've been following this list for sometime, but I'm not a professional > coder like most of you guys here so forgive me if this is obvious or > long-winded...... > > I've been writing small apps for many years, but am now working on by > far my largest yet and I'm having trouble working out the best way to > piece everything together as I've not had this number of parts in a > program before. All the pieces are currently working as small > test-components in their own right, but now need to go together. > > For example, on the output-device side I'm not sure which modules > should communicate with which to make the neatest solution eg. > > [Input modules] -> [Individual Drawing Blocks] -> [Main Output] > > or > > [Input modules] -> [Main Output] -> [Individual Drawing Blocks] > > Should I have direct data access to each drawing module (they draw > menus, clocks etc.) which in turn have a link to the main output > control unit, or should everything go through one main output > control unit which passes the data on and has the control over each > module or is that bad coding / a bottle neck etc.? > > > Is there a tutorial or place that could help with the whole, > 'knitting-together' aspect of Pascal (though I guess it would equally > apply to other languages)? All the tutorials I've used over the years > teach the language / classes / objects but don't tackle the issue of > piecing a much larger project together in a sensible, maintainable > manner. > > Cheers. I can't help you with your problem directly, but perhaps this newsgroup for object orient programming could help: News server: newsgroups.borland.com news group: borland.public.delphi.oodesign It is for Delphi, but it would be equally valid for freepascal as both use object pascal... cheers, Paul