As a part of a greater "Learning TW" project (if "project" is the right word?), here is an introductory run through of the identified Concepts <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Concepts> in TW.
Please help to improve it - not only the factual errors that I *for sure* am making, but also to make it generally to make it a valuable list for newcomers. It is intended as a "priority list" that newcomers can reference. And that *we* can reference newcomers *to*. I have selected the "concepts" as a good starting point (...after the newcomer has read the very introductory material, and played around a bit) as opposed to, say, a listing like the Definitions <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Definitions> or Features <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Features> because learning about the Concepts is more close to *mastering* TW. It is also not as specific as, say, a study in FilterOperators <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Filter%20Operators>. BTW, listings such as FilterOperators serve more as a reference than as learning material but I'm very happy to note that this list has added notes about which are the most common operators. Apropos "Reference material" vs "Learning material"; Note that the listed comments below are intentionally NOT presented a perfect structure but instead in a semi-verbose style that convey *relative* importance *better* than a strict factual format does. This is a typical major difference between official reference material and e.g learning in a more live context. But of course, it must not be factually false. I will update this post with your input. *A subjective Good to Start With list* *Target audience*: New to TW and not particularly competent coder. (I'm limited to this audience because of my own competence on the matter. With your help I hope the target audience can widen.) Recommended reading for beginners are marked with *Beginner.* Concepts with *Fundamental* or *Useful* can also be good to study but perhaps at other levels. The comments typically refer to *the topic of* the listed tiddler, not the tiddler itself... even if the tiddler itself probably is the best starting point for closer study. - ColourPalettes <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#ColourPalettes> - Advanced. Limited use (but of course the term ColorPalette and its end-use are basic) - Commands <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Commands> - Advanced. Concerns the node.js version, and probably fundamental there. - Current Tiddler <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Current%20Tiddler> - Intermediate. Useful. For the special, but frequent, case when code needs to refer to "this" tiddler - DataTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#DataTiddlers> - Advanced. Probably very useful. - Date Fields <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Date%20Fields> - Intermediate. Limited use. In addition to the three default fields "title","tags" and "text", you can add a date field specialized for showing dates. - DictionaryTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#DictionaryTiddlers> - Advanced. General use. Tiddlers listing "name:value" pairs. - Dominant Append <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Dominant%20Append> - Advanced kink. Specific filter technique. - ExternalImages <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#ExternalImages> - Beginner. Useful. Note it's a concept, not just a term for using external images. - Filter Operators <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Filter%20Operators> - Fundamental. The "actions" used in filters. - Filters <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Filters> - Fundamental. Beginner-Advanced. - Hard and Soft Links <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Hard%20and%20Soft%20Links> - Intermediate. Limited use. Refers to hard coded links vs links that are constructed. - InfoPanel <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#InfoPanel> - Beginner. It's just the name for a panel you see via the toolbar. ("Toolbar", btw, is a more important Concept.) - JSONTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#JSONTiddlers> - Beginner. Good to know about even if you might not use right away. - Macros <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Macros> - Intermediate. "Miniprograms" to perform otherwise repetitive tasks. - Messages <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Messages> - Advanced. Widgets send messages in the system to e.g trigger stuff. - Modules <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Modules> - Advanced. JavaScript tiddlers. - ModuleType <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#ModuleType> - Advanced. Specific for when building modules. Unsure how to describe. - Order of Tagged Tiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Order%20of%20Tagged%20Tiddlers> - Beginner. Not sure I'd classify this as a "concept", but OK. - PermaLinks <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#PermaLinks> ...and PermaView - Beginner. "Permanent links", i.e the URL to open a TW with specific tiddlers open. - Plugins <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Plugins> - Fundamental. Beginner to use, Intermediate with Andreas Hahns project. Consists of several tiddlers bundled into one. - Pragma <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Pragma> - Advanced. Special term. - Selection Constructors <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Selection%20Constructors> - Advanced. Possibly useful to know. - ShadowTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#ShadowTiddlers> - Advanced. But fundamental to know that it means "Plugin tiddlers" - SystemTags <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#SystemTags> - Fundamental. The tiddler has a good rundown list not unlike this one! - SystemTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#SystemTiddlers> - Fundamental. Possibly *defined as* (?) tiddlers starting with "$:/" (or is it defined as tiddlers building up the system?) - Tagging <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Tagging> - Absolute beginner. Tag to categorize things. - TagTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TagTiddlers> - Fundamental but practically just a term. (There is no official term for the "opposite", but I'd call it a "pure tag") - TemplateTiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TemplateTiddlers> - Intermediate. Very useful if you want to reuse content. - TextReference <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TextReference> - Unsure of what this is/means. - TiddlerFields <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TiddlerFields> - Beginner. Fundamental. The parts which make up a tiddler, e.g the title field, the text field, etc. - TiddlerLinks <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TiddlerLinks> - Beginner. It's the titles you can click on. - Tiddlers <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Tiddlers> - Fundamental. Beginner. - TiddlyWiki <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TiddlyWiki> - Shared term for TW classic and TW5 - TiddlyWiki5 <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#TiddlyWiki5> - The modern version of TW. Not compatible with "TW classic" (a.k.a TW2.x) - Title List <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Title%20List> - list of tiddler titles - Title Selection <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Title%20Selection> - Term of limited use. - Transclusion <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Transclusion> - Beginner. Fundamental. Watch another place like through a TV. - Variables <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Variables> - Intermediate. Fundamental. (I have no easy sentence to comment on this.) - Widgets <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Widgets> - Fundamental. Beginner/Intermediate. The "html-elements of TW". - Wiki <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Wiki> - Say what? Hickey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickey>? - WikiText <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#WikiText> - Fundamental. Simplified commands in edit view for formatting text and running widgets. BTW, that list in the tiddler Concepts <http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Concepts> would be more informative if there really was a brief description next to each item a bit like here (...but more formal). The description could be a transclusion of the summative introductory paragraph that typically exist in those tiddlers, or if they have a summary field or such. I posted a github isse <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/1717>. Another proposal is a* themed Hangout*, dedicated to the Concepts, with Big J and the wizards talking about the concepts in a general sense. (I could pretend to NOT be an expert grandmaster hacker and ask the dumb questions, almost as if I didn't know how to code. I can be a very convincing actor in this role.) <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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