Hi, a cookbook would be a good idea not only for beginners.
Btw.: I am using THE SCRIPTER'S SCRAPBOOK from Flexible Learning as a cookbook. I am collecting all code snippets, i find usefull, in it. There are so many tricks, hints and code sample in this uselist, which i might need some time. So the SSBK is ideal for that. Regards, Matthias -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Why Rev needs a cookbook (newb questions) (09-Mai-2009 9:02) From: Peter Alcibiades <[email protected]> To: [email protected] > I said this before, but its why Rev needs a cookbook on the lines of Carla > Schroder's great "Linux Cookbook" > > Steven Cox's queries illustrate the problem very clearly. Imagine a kitchen > > with lots of pots and pans and ingredients in it. It comes with a 400 > page guide detailing the function of every one. > > We now have an intelligent Martian who has just been employed as a cook. > His first assignment is spaghetti carbonara, or cassoulet. Where does he > start? > > What he has is a superb kitchen manual. What he wants is a cookbook, with > a systematic set of entries like this (from the Rev for C programmers > page): > > "To filter a handler so that it only responds to certain objects, rather > than every object below it in the hierarchy, use the target function to > determine which object originally received the message being handled. > > "To create a code library, place the handlers you want to re-use in any > object that’s available in your a stack, then use the insert script > command to add that object to the hierarchy." > > So what Steven is looking for is a cookbook with entries like "to empty a > field......" "to check for a variable.....". "to make elements in a > list field clickable...." "to change the mouse to a hand while > hovering..." > > Without this, learning becomes a Zen like experience. You know the story > of the young man wanting to learn swordsmanship? He enrols with a master, > and the first day when expecting to meet for a lesson, is astonished to be > hit violently over the head with a stick. His master has sneaked up on > him. As time goes by the attacks continue and become more and more > devious. One day he is about to enter a room and something makes him > pause. His master emerges from behind the door and bows deeply. > > Its OK.... but a recipe book is easier. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > To: [email protected]
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