First, let me express my deep respect and gratitude for those who have built AmiBroker and offer help here. Thank you for creating and supporting this invaluable resource. Your years of dedicated work have produced the top application in its class and kept it there. High praise to you. Well done!
Second, as a newbie with zero coding experience, I’d like to share that one of the downsides of being an expert is it’s easy to forget what it’s like to not know.
As a successful business owner, I’m neither stupid nor lazy. But new to coding and AmiBroker, and having put dozens of hours into this, I remain confused and overwhelmed.
I have spent a lot of time with the AmiBroker written and video tutorials, AFL language reference, User’s Guide, Community Forum, and third-party YouTube videos. All of them necessarily assume a certain level of coding knowledge and experience. But it’s a level ignorant newbies like me have not yet attained (ignorant as in unaware, not as an insult).
What I need, and am not finding, is a general template I can use to understand basic AFL formulas. That is, a template or framework that names the basic elements that make up an AFL script, and details the typical flow from start to end.
To newbies like me, AmiBroker presents a large and overwhelming list of concepts. Because I know virtually nothing about any of them, each seems to be equally important. An introductory template or framework would help me quickly understand which are fundamental, and how where to begin.
Phrases in such a help document might include:
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To write AFL code you need to understand these X fundamental concepts ....
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For any formula, begin with/by ...
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Different formulas are created for different purposes. These include ...
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For the code to work, certain elements must be used in a certain order .
Again, high praise and respect to the AmiBroker experts. My simple request is that you take pity on someone as ignorant as me, and try to remember what it’s like to not know.
If the template I seek is there and I have so far missed it, I apologize for this unnecessary post. If it does not yet exist, there are likely thousands of newbies out there would benefit from one.
With or without such a template, I’ll figure this out and eventually come to master AmiBroker to my level of satisfaction. Like I said, I’m neither lazy nor stupid. I have cracked tougher nuts than this, and I will persist toward this important goal.
That said, there is likely a significant number of people who avoid or give up on AmiBroker when they become quickly overwhelmed like I did. An introductory formula-writing template may help AmiBroker keep a good number of them on board that you would otherwise lose. A special section in the help literature and/or on your website for ignorant newbies may help draw more people in and boost your sales.