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digitalmars.D.learn - Are there more up-to-date D template tutorials?

reply thebluepandabear <therealbluepandabear protonmail.com> writes:
Hello,

The GitHub repo which helps introduce new users about D templates 
(https://github.com/PhilippeSigaud/D-templates-tutorial) seems to 
be quite outdated.

As a beginner to D I have been struggling to learn about D 
templates, I haven't been able to find any up-to-date D template 
resources so I can learn this concept, which sucks.

Is anyone on this forums aware of any up-to-date (preferably 
2019+) D template books/resources? I know C++ has many books on 
this topic, but less so for D.

Help would be appreciated.

Regards,
thebluepandabear
Jan 18 2023
parent reply thebluepandabear <therealbluepandabear protonmail.com> writes:
 Help would be appreciated.

 Regards,
 thebluepandabear


A bit off topic/ranty but I did find the book by Ali on D 
extremely useful, but it was good as an 'introduction'. I feel 
like when it comes to more advanced features (such as templates, 
mixins, ranges, concurrency, etc) there are no resources out 
there, but I guess that's the 'cost' of picking a lesser-known 
language. Hopefully in the future there will be more books 
written on this language, if there was a book on the advanced 
features of D I'd happily purchase it :)
Jan 18 2023
next sibling parent SealabJaster <sealabjaster gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 04:22:21 UTC, thebluepandabear 
wrote:

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I presented a talk[1] at Dconf online 2021, which may or may not 
be what you're looking for.

I know my mic audio is pretty bad, but honestly the slides 
themselves have all the information you need, so you can just 
read through if you don't want to watch the video itself.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lo-FOeWecA
Jan 19 2023
prev sibling next sibling parent SealabJaster <sealabjaster gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 04:22:21 UTC, thebluepandabear 
wrote:

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I also wrote this article[1] recently exploring how one of my D 
libraries make use of templates and metaprogramming.

Unfortuantely the LinkedIn editor is complete trash and I got to 
the point any change at all would produce an error; so sadly the 
article itself is in a very raw and unfinished state.

However, there's still plenty of information there to have a look 
at.

[1] 
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/d-language-without-compromise-bradley-chatha/?trackingId=ucVY1PBrTNesGvBA6CXp7w%3D%3D
Jan 19 2023
prev sibling parent reply bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:
On Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 04:22:21 UTC, thebluepandabear 
wrote:

 Help would be appreciated.

 Regards,
 thebluepandabear


 A bit off topic/ranty but I did find the book by Ali on D 
 extremely useful, but it was good as an 'introduction'. I feel 
 like when it comes to more advanced features (such as 
 templates, mixins, ranges, concurrency, etc) there are no 
 resources out there, but I guess that's the 'cost' of picking a 
 lesser-known language. Hopefully in the future there will be 
 more books written on this language, if there was a book on the 
 advanced features of D I'd happily purchase it :)


Have you checked Mike's book 
https://www.packtpub.com/product/learning-d/9781783552481?_ga=2.241359490.1811075590.1674153096-1
05518740.1674153096 or Adam's book
https://www.packtpub.com/product/d-cookbook/9781783287215?_ga=2.198287279.1811075590.1674153096-1605518740.1674153096

They're older than 2019, but I don't think much of the material 
they've covered is in any sense obsolete.
Jan 19 2023
parent thebluepandabear <therealbluepandabear protonmail.com> writes:
roduct/learning-d/9781783552481?_ga=2.241359490.1811075590.1674153096-1
05518740.1674153096 or Adam's book
https://www.packtpub.com/product/d-cookbook/9781783287215?_ga=2.198287279.1811075590.1674153096-1605518740.1674153096

 They're older than 2019, but I don't think much of the material 
 they've covered is in any sense obsolete.


Mike's one is more of a learning one. I'll check out Adam's as it 
seems to be more geared toward learning the advanced stuff of the 
language, thanks!
Jan 19 2023