Thanks to all for clarifying this. I understand, my question was kind of "lazy" now that I think about it. However, I'm pretty experienced in JavaScript and already developed a GIS application using OpenLayers. My goal was to get a reply that would point me into the right direction. I was not looking for someone to hold my hand. Next time, I'll make sure to get my point acroos in a lil more "profesional" manner.
Cheers, Dom On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2010, at 4:21 AM, ext Dom Lehr wrote: > > > Whatever guys, this was a kind question from my end. You should watch the > way to talk to people - it won't get you that far. Get a life! > > ... The irony of this statement is amusing. > > OpenLayers developers are not here to hold your hand. Zac's response -- > while > possibly somewhat harsh -- was not really inaccurate: The goal that you > want > to achieve was not well-stated, and so calling it 'pointless' is simply a > literal statement of fact. While perhaps slightly unclear, it isn't > entirely > unfair: others are here to help you with your tasks, not to walk you > through > how to do them. > > In order to receive help from OpenLayers users and developers, the best way > to do it is: > 1. to fully explore the API, examples, and documentation, to the > greatest extent you can > 2. To create an example HTML page demonstrating what you want to do > 3. To publish that HTML page > 4. To explain what aspect of the code you have written you are having > problems with. > > (See also: http://docs.openlayers.org/help/minimize.html, which explains > some of this.) > > The way your question is worded, it seems as if you haven't tried to write > any code yet; if you have, you certainly didn't say so, or offer any > evidence of this that someone trying to help you could see. > > There are several situations where users are unable to do this; for > example, > many people starting with OpenLayers do not know Javascript, have no > experience with HTML or CSS, or other similar situations. In those cases, > the effort that a user needs to put forth is greater to achieve #2 above -- > but until you do, you should be aware that it is unlikely that you will > get much help from developers, who are here to help with problems, not > to provide customized examples for every user who has something to do. > (Keep in mind that there are literally almost 2000 people subscribed to > the OpenLayers mailing lists -- and only probably 5% have enough experience > to answer many of the questions asked on these lists.) > > Once you've tried to write some code, explored the API, and created an > example page -- even if it doesn't work -- sending mail to the users list > is your best way to get help. At this point, I wouldn't expect much: you've > already told everyone reading this list to 'get a life', so you're > karmically in the hole. (If you don't understand why this might be, > a read through > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html>is > probably > wise. ESR's writing style is annoying and rude, but the points he makes > are mostly correct, and understanding what's written there will help > go a long way when communicating with any Open Source project.) > > Good luck. > > Best Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > Nokia > >
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