Chepi - I think almost everyone on this list would love to lend a hand when you have questions. But to keep this particular list focused on haml itself, perhaps you should create a separate google group 'haml_tutorial' for conversations specific to the development of your site. My thinking is that you could recruit help from the haml-dev list, but keep the bulk of the traffic out of the way of the development forum. I bet participant motivation would be maximized by keeping the visible-results momentum high as your site gets built.
When you come across places where you think a feature addition, or more clear error message would help, post the suggestions back here to get batted around. Feature changes are another story, as a lot existing code relies on current behavior. - Randy On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Nathan Weizenbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > I've heard from several people that the Haml and Sass indentation rules > seem confusing. Since my head is buried in the code, though, it's hard for > me to tell why this is, how to fix it, or how to better document it. If you > want to take on the documentation, and hopefully teach me something in the > process, that would be absolutely fantastic. I would be happy to tell you > anything you need to know about how the indentation works and why. > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Enrique Gimenez > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Moving on to a -slightly- more serious topic, I want to share some of my >> experience with haml so far. >> >> I'm quite new to this, and stumbled across this lovely code searching for >> tools for static website generation, with Mr. Catlin here referring me to >> StaticMatic back then (like a month ago). >> >> Besides thoughts on programmatic use || pure, live, as-template use >> (topics which will undoubtedly raise hell given mes inclinations >> pythonesques) I want to make a point of the following: >> >> - In spite of haml being almost ridiculously _simple_, I'm having a *hard >> time* following any actual learning *curve*, beyond the initial 20-min tut. >> Case: Indenting enforcement of unknown cause. I keep searching the docs for >> an authoritative reference on indenting rules, since they are so implacably >> enforced, but to no avail. >> >> Dunno, I just feel this sensation, of being expected to know something >> else beforehand, but without knowing exactly *what*. And it's not very >> encouraging when taking on learning a new skill... >> >> Maybe I'm too much of a noob and not even the target audience, but to me >> this signals a field for improvement. I'm talking from the "Hello!, I know >> HTML & CSS and this Haml&Sass thingy looks sexy! Me wants more..." point of >> view. Not your average rubyist/railmaster, so maybe a "for dummies" kinda >> intro turns out useful. >> >> # Bottom Line: >> >> I happen to have the skills required to "translate" pretty much any dark >> body of knowledge into easy-to-follow info, so I want to volunteer for >> developing a "Learning Haml&Sass" kit/section/corpus. Gonna need the >> consulting help of the really savvy though, so please raise your hands if >> you'd be willing to participate. Mail-replying will most likely be the >> interface of choice... >> >> So let me know. If I can get two or more people to assist me in dissecting >> the beast, I'll kickstart this and plan for maybe 3 months till completion >> of a comprehensive, noob-proof knowledge repository. >> >> And yeah, damn those caches! I'm sure IE6 survives only by lurking in the >> caches of internet history... >> >> Best, >> >> >> Chepi >> >> PS: No, English is not my mother tongue, so that's why I write funny... =P >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Hampton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Damn those caches! >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Enrique Gimenez < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It sure does now! >>>> >>>> Bad cache... no cookie for you! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Nathan Weizenbaum >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Are you sure? It says 2.2.4 for me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Enrique Gimenez < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Just in case... >>>>>> >>>>>> http://haml-lang.com/ <- still shows 2.2.3 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> chepi >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Enrique Gimenez < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Got caught in the middle of the git gem upgrade last night, lol! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Nathan! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Nathan Weizenbaum <[email protected] >>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi folks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I released version 2.2.4 of Haml and Sass a couple nights ago and >>>>>>>> forgot to announce it... so consider this your official announcement! >>>>>>>> As >>>>>>>> always, release notes are up at >>>>>>>> http://haml-lang.com/docs/yardoc/HAML_CHANGELOG.md.html and >>>>>>>> http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/SASS_CHANGELOG.md.html. Enjoy! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - Nathan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- http://mobiledyne.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" 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/haml?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
