Greetings Revolutionistas*, Just discovered the Use-Rev List....wanted to jump in and say "Hello" to everyone and also get some input from this illustrious group.
Basically, I'm a code noob, living smack in the middle of Silicon Valley, surrounded coders, hi-tech companies and work right next door to Electronic Arts and Oracle, yet I don't work for a hi-tech company and couldn't code my way out of a paperbag.... ;-) Have dabbled a bit over the past several years with Basic, C, C++ by reading books on my own and going through some tutorials and exercises....but due to time constraints (work, etc) haven't gone very far in depth with any language, but I'm very persistent when I want to do something... Checked out Rev again this past week, using trial of 2.9, and liked what I saw and then just found out about 3.0, which looks to be even better... I do want to learn Rev as it really seems to be a great balance between being relatively accessible for people like me and yet still have a lot of powerful capabilities...also, it's clear that there's a great community here that is very helpful to one another. So, ready to take the plunge and purchase Rev, but have a few questions please... 1) Which Version to Buy? Prior to 3.0, I only considered buying Media or maybe Studio due to pricing. Now, with new improved lower pricing, I'm considering Studio or Enterprise. Option A - Enterprise As I mainly use a Mac at home and a have a little Fujitsu P1610 tabletPC that I bring with me to work, it would be great to work on Mac in evenings/weekends and in Windows during the week on my breaks at work if I want.... So, this means having at least (2) Rev OS versions available, which makes Enterprise version attractive, although probably overkill for a noob like me and a higher cost option. Option B - Studio The other alternative that I just thought about is to go with Studio either Windows or Linux version as I can run either Windows or Linux on my Mac with Parallels Desktop and run Windows or Linux version on my P1610 as it¹s setup to dual boot Win and Linux... So, this makes Studio version attractive given its lower entry cost. What do you guys think about my options? 2) Rev Download vs Boxed Version It¹s not clear to me from Rev¹s website what¹s included in boxed version besides Rev CD. Do you get a printed copy of the user guide too? Or anything else? Otherwise, seems like just easier/cheaper just to get download version. 3) Rev Printed User Guide Any recommendations for getting the printed user guide or do most people just use the electronic version? 4) Learning Rev Strategy Do you recommend just working through the included tutorials and other materials that comes with Rev and then working on your own projects or ?? 5) RevMentor Site Have had some great helpful and encouraging correspondence regarding Rev with Jerry Daniels. He informed me about his RevMentor website. I¹ve looked it over and there¹s a lot of great Rev info there for noobs like along with more advanced folks on this list. Watching one of Jerry¹s vids (from RunRevLive 2008) was incredibly helpful for me in understanding the differences between graphics, interfaces, and workflow. The differences between them made perfect sense the way that Jerry explained the concepts of each and why this is critical to making better apps. Having the opportunity to watch someone in action as opposed to just reading text is very helpful. There¹s a lot there to learn from and Jerry adds to it regularly. Access to all the materials is available for a very modest monthly subscription fee. If you haven¹t seen the site, you should check it out! www.revmentor.com 6) Hi! to Joe Wilkins Last, but not least, I noticed Joe¹s posts to this list and want to say Hi!¹... Over the years, I¹ve corresponded with Joe a bit as we have similar professional backgrounds and he always has been very helpful. Last year when I was debating about Rev vs RB, I discovered some great tutorials for Rev noobs that Joe wrote on the MacInstruct website and emailed Joe about them... Appreciate any and all input on the above. I look forward to learning a lot from this group and participating as I can. Regards, Mark Silicone Valley Digerati & Code Noob * Is this correct term for Rev users?? _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
