Cookbook versus J-Labs I have had a better look at the cookbook and help system, and I must say that in a lot of ways it looks better than the Labs (tutorials) of J. The layout of the pages of the cookbook looks better, with the $examples and the references. There is a lot of information on every page.
I believe the cookbook is great, and should remain as it is. Labs/tutorials would be an extra. What makes the J-Labs different? First: There are lot of them. Every subject can have many pages, and they are using many examples. The cookbook might have one page for one or more subjects. In J there are maybe a number of labs for every page in the cookbook. Second: The labs feel more like tutorials. You are lead through the subject matter more slowly, one page at a time. Third: Everything is in one window. There are often comments after an example. Fourth: The labs are very accessable through the "Studio" menu, as are the demos. Fifth: There is an authoring tool to make creating labs easy. Is it possible to make a cookbook feel more like a tutorial/lab? Maybe it is possible to do this. Just use more pages with less information per page, but more examples. Maybe it is just a matter of the way the information is presented. How important is it to have everything in one window? Unclear. The $examples might contain comments so they are copied to the listener window. Best regards, Leon Konings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
