Re: Blog Post #0038 - Dialogs IV - Saving a File

2019-05-24 Thread Ron Tarrant via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 11:19:14 UTC, Radu wrote:

But there is also the marketing effect, these posts will be 
more inviting for newcomers, especially ones coming from no D 
experience. Might worth considering even for this reason as 
your posts could be a powerful marketing tool for D.


Yup, that's what the research says *in favour of* images.

However, other research indicates that images slow down learning 
because the learner gets complacent. Rather than engaging in deep 
learning, they glance at the image, copy-n-paste the code, and 
never truly understand what they're working with. At some point 
down the road, they get into trouble because they don't have that 
deep understanding and they abandon any further efforts.


So, that's the dilemma. Both arguments seem sound to me, so 
that's why I'm still on the fence.




Re: Blog Post #0038 - Dialogs IV - Saving a File

2019-05-24 Thread Radu via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 11:06:47 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:

I'm still debating this idea, but I won't say I'm adamantly 
opposed to it. Research into how people learn seems to support 
both sides of the argument: should imagery be included or not?


And I suppose if I ever pull all this stuff together into a 
book, it'll be expected.


For learning it is important so you can immediately have a 
reference to compare against.


But there is also the marketing effect, these posts will be more 
inviting for newcomers, especially ones coming from no D 
experience. Might worth considering even for this reason as your 
posts could be a powerful marketing tool for D.


Good luck with your book!


Re: Blog Post #0038 - Dialogs IV - Saving a File

2019-05-24 Thread Ron Tarrant via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 10:09:06 UTC, Radu wrote:


Interesting posts you have.

Thanks.

I might not be the first one to ask for this, but including 
some screen shots when talking about UI is usually a good idea.

You're right; you're not. :)

I'm still debating this idea, but I won't say I'm adamantly 
opposed to it. Research into how people learn seems to support 
both sides of the argument: should imagery be included or not?


And I suppose if I ever pull all this stuff together into a book, 
it'll be expected.


Re: Blog Post #0038 - Dialogs IV - Saving a File

2019-05-24 Thread Radu via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 09:52:38 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
Today's blog post over on gtkDcoding.com is about using a GTK 
dialog for saving a file. You can find it here: 
http://gtkdcoding.com/2019/05/24/0038-file-save-dialog.html


Interesting posts you have.

I might not be the first one to ask for this, but including some 
screen shots when talking about UI is usually a good idea.




Blog Post #0038 - Dialogs IV - Saving a File

2019-05-24 Thread Ron Tarrant via Digitalmars-d-learn
Today's blog post over on gtkDcoding.com is about using a GTK 
dialog for saving a file. You can find it here: 
http://gtkdcoding.com/2019/05/24/0038-file-save-dialog.html


Re: Blog Post #0038 - Dialogs IV - Saving a File

2019-05-24 Thread Ron Tarrant via Digitalmars-d-learn

Almost forgot...

I also redid the titles for all posts to clarify and group them 
under various themes.