Part of Maarten's "it will morph" is also this: There are usually at least 3 ways to do anything in REBOL. That's not a joke. I'd been conversing with a friend at rebol.com and he'd give me help when I was stumped. Usually at least 2 solutions, sometimes 5 to any given situation. REBOL is just totally wacky that way.
> Here is the way I learned it: > > 1) Get the official guide (the book) > 2) Think of a sample app to tinker with > 3) Get one or two moderate / complex examples from the script lib > - a web server > - rugby > - RIM > 4) Don't copy it if you think you can do it yourself > 5) Keep asking here. People *will* answer > > Remember that REBOL is what you want it to be. I you can't do it, you just > don't know how to do it yet (conceptually). It wil morph into whatever > you'll shape it. > > Break the chains, make the change ;-) > > --Maarten > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I've been watching this list and going through the ref manuals for a > couple > > weeks. I'd like to know what some of you more experienced Rebol > programmers > > would consider a good first five steps in jumping in. I've always learned > > languages to fulfill an application goal, then in the end realized that I > > missed some important fundamentals, so I don't want to do it with Rebol > that > > way. > > > > Is there a "lesson" guide out there anywhere? Or at the very least a > > suggested plan of attack? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scot > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > > subject, without the quotes. > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
