On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Daniel Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> [much detail snipped] >> >> Here is my suggestion: Dan and Zoltan, please carry on with your work on >> Chapter 4. I think you are on the right track, and I do not think major >> surgery will be needed. Meanwhile I will do a bit of reshuffling of the >> material in Chapters 1 and 2 and come up with a proposal for your >> consideration. >> >> --Jean > > I have been doing some more thinking about the purpose for the Base > Guide. Who will be using it? It seems they will fit somewhere between those > who need to use "Getting Started with Base" and those who understand > database theory. Can we write the Base Guide so that we can address the > needs of as many of these needs as possible? I think it can be done. > Chapter 1 should contain an overview of Base. And it does need more work > on eliminating too many details that are better covered in the later > chapters. > Chapter 2: I agree with you Jean. > Chapters 3 and 4: These can begin with explaining the principles behind > what the wizards do. Then explain how to do the same thing using design view > followed by using SQL. It is in these chapters that I think the technical > terms should be introduced. As the principles, upon which the technical > terms are based, are explained, give them their proper name. > This progress would serve two purposes: It can increase the knowledge of > those who know a little but to learn more about database. It contains enough > technical terms for the more advanced people who know the terms. Learning > the peculiarities of Base will be easier for them because terms are used > which they understand. > Chapter 5: No thoughts about this yet. > Chapter 6 and later chapters: Perhaps here is where the technical terms > should be used more extensively. I'm thinking that Cecilia Cheung has the > expertise needed to write them. (Quite a few suggestions along the way for > the rest of us in our writing would be most helpful as well.)
Dan, I also think we can write the Base Guide so that we can address the needs of as many people as possible, as we have attempted to do with the other books. Would you like me to do some reshuffling, or would you prefer to do it yourself? I am certainly not looking for more work, but I'm willing to do what I can if you think it would help. (The "other set of eyes" approach.) OTOH, if you'd like to have another go first, please do! Just let me know. --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
