Hi Joe,
I've struggled with this through several iterations of my class at SUNY
Poly (old name: SUNYIT). I've moved students through various versions,
including what is now TiddlyWiki Classic, TiddlySpace, TiddlyWiki5 via
Updog/Google Drive, and now primarily TiddlyWiki5 using
tiddlywiki5.tiddlyspot.html as a wiki creator.
This year, with some success, I've pushed students to just learn how to do
basic things in TiddlyWiki, and then slowly come to an understanding of
what it is. So we create a new wiki, make a new tiddler, write links using
[[square brackets]], add tags to tiddlers, begin to write lists using
<<list-links>> and then <$list>, write transclusions of {{!!fields}} and
{{tiddlers}}, and then surprisingly quickly move into using templates.
After that immersion, we step back and begin to identify other aspects of
the tiddlywiki such as "title" and sidebars etc. But they've got a solid
foundation to build on. Of course, I have captive students who are
committed to investing 4-10 hours per week. And they struggle.
You might find some insight by looking at the exercises I've created in
DesignWriteStudio <http://designwritestudio.com/#Exercises>
//steve.
On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 8:09:09 AM UTC-5, Joe Armstrong wrote:
>
>
> Suppose I was trying to explain the TW to a complete beginner who is
> *not* a programmer.
>
> In the old TW, if I remember rightly, there was a tiddler called
> 'Title' - if you changed the content of the 'Title' tiddler to 'Joes
> Blog' - then the TW would magically be named 'Joe Blog'.
>
> This is easily to explain and demonstrate - but even this might be
> perceived as difficult by a total beginner - taking the first step is
> always the most difficult.
>
> In TW5 'Title' is called '/$SiteTitle' - I can imagine very good
> reasons for this - one might accidentally choose the word 'Title' and
> change it with rather puzzling results (if you didn't know what you
> were doing)
>
> It wasn't exactly obvious to me that the tiddler '/$SiteTile' was the
> thing to change. So this needs some explanation.
>
> I want to make an explanation that starts with empty.html (the empty
> TW from https://tiddlywiki.com/
>
> I was thinking about introducing the TW as follows:
>
> Step 1)
>
> How to create a page. This is easy. Click on "+"
> make the page and store it. I'll call it 'JoesPage'
>
> Step 2)
>
> Find the page we just created.
>
> This is easy if I don't close the first page - it appears in the menu
> under the Open Tab.
>
> But If I close it it vanishes.
>
> So click on the 'Recent' tab.
>
> Is this *obvious* to a total beginner?
>
> Step 3)
>
> Make the page I just created appear in a 'Contents' tab
> as in https://tiddlywiki.com/
>
> How do I do this????
>
> Step 4)
>
> Create a page from a page.
>
> This time we edit an existing page and add a link, which when clicked
> will create the page
>
> Step 5)
>
> Show the amazing power of list transclusion (is this the correct term)
>
> Step 5a) Create a page called ToDo
>
> Add the single line
>
> <<list-links "[tag[todo]]">>
>
> Step 5b) Create any page and add the tab 'todo'
>
> Step 5c) Go to the ToDo page and magically the page you just added
> appears
>
> Step 6)
>
> Talk about tags and filters. We two tags 'todo' and 'done'
> we can change the ToDo page to
>
> <<list-links "[tag[todo]!tag[done]]">>
>
> And make a 'CompletedTasks' page with
>
> <<list-links "[tag[todo]tag[done]]">>
>
> Is this a good order? - Is there an event simpler ordering of concepts????
>
> Now to the subject of "magic" (shadow tiddlers)
>
> I want to introduce TW5 to a complete beginner who is not a programmer
>
> Certain tiddlers (like '/$SiteTitle') have an immediate effect on the
> site and are easy to understand. Others are far more difficult to
> understand.
>
> So in what order would you introduce the shadow tiddlers - I'm assuming
> '$/SiteTitle' is #1 - or is there an even easier and more direct tiddler
> (say to change the background color)
>
> How about tags with side effects. I discovered the tag 'TableOfContents'
> caused the tiddler in question to appear in the 'Contents' tab
> of the sidebar - What are the most important tags that one would introduce
> to
> a beginner????
>
> Cheers
>
> /Joe
>
>
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