This is from Jim. He can't post directly for some reason so.I am forwarding it
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Graham Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011 Subject: Creating a good reference point for Android To: Raghav Sood Please post this if/when you followup to it---I still can't post via e-mail. On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 10:25:44PM +0530, Raghav Sood wrote: > I know my aim seems lofty and a tad bit out of reach but if I can pull this > off It's definitely possible. Look at Tcl/Tk Wiki (http://wiki.tcl.tk) as an example of how useful such a site can be. It's an incredibly good resource.... > then it will solve a lot of newbie problems and be an extremely If you look at the Tcl Wiki, you'll find that it can also go WAY beyond just beginners like me. I was once a beginner with Tcl/Tk, too...but for the last 15 years or so, I've been developing and improving with new features a freeware Tcl/Tk based hurricane tracking program called JStrack (prn J S track). It's online at http://www.jstrack.org/jstrack/ (site, domain name, system, system administrator, regular backups, backup power, etc., provided by one of my users).) The wiki and comp.lang.tcl helped tremendously on the Tcl/Tk side, and NHC, NOAA, NWS, and a number of hurricane researchers helped on the technical side, including all of the maps (courtesy of Ron Murphy, NWS Birmingham). The Tcl/Tk wiki has topics ranging from just getting started, to stuff that's more for the developers of the language itself. I see (and hope) this wiki being very much along the same lines, and I think that's what Raghav has in mind, too. Things the Tcl/Tk wiki has that, IMHO, this one could use: 1) "Example scripts everybody should have" 2) people who write packages, libraries, etc., post documentation on how to use it (commands, command-line args, one or more example(s), etc., and others comment, offer suggestions, fixes, pointers to similar or related pages on the wiki, etc. There's more, but that's what comes to mind right now. And again, I'm mentioning the Tcl/Tk wiki, because I consider it a great example to build from. Just my opinion, of course. > atleast someone and will grow at a slow but reasonable rate as some more > people contribute. I am not saying that it will be ready by next week or > even next year. I am saying that it is possible. The Tcl/Tk wiki has now taken on a life of its own, and is a HUGE resource that is likely to continue to grow for a long, long time. Later, --jim -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > [email protected] ICBM/Hurr.: 30.44406N 86.59909W Saw something on TV about Psych-os. Hmmmm, Psych OS. Perhaps the next freeware OS.... --me -- Raghav Sood http://www.raghavsood.com/ http://www.androidappcheck.com/ http://www.telstop.tel/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
