I completely understand; but there are so many things wrong with that code. You could have fixed them...
Also, please please please type quicker... Take what i said into account :) Paul Filimon wrote: > Robby and Michael, thanks for your opinions. > > The Wicket Guest Book is my first screen cast. It's not a big > challenge to create a screen cast but it's a form of documentation so > the users are expecting clear information about Wicket. I understand > your doubts. > > I know that Java automatically calls toString method but I tried to > follow the Wicket example. > > I will try to remake the narrations using the WMM and encode the > screen cast again. > > > > Paul > > On 03/02/2008, Michael Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> On Feb 2, 2008 4:38 PM, Paul Filimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I made a screen cast [1] for Apache/Wicket at GHOP. >>> >>> Please check it and send me your opinion. Probably I will have no time >>> to receive your opinions and to improve it in time for GHOP, but if >>> you have some time please share your thoughts. >>> >>> >> Since I am also a student participating in GHOP, I don't think my comments >> have too much weight, but hopefully you will consider them nonetheless. Are >> you on the list? (I'm not sure, so I've CCed you, but if you are, please let >> me know that I don't have to.) >> >>> [1] http://paul.balaur.com/tmp/ghop_0001.wmv >>> >>> >> I think, overall, it's okay, especially considering how difficult >> screencasts tend to be. Here are a few thoughts... >> >> - I didn't know you could click on the little icons to fix errors! That's >> more of a "learning how to use eclipse" type thing, but it's still very >> informative. That said, it's sometimes faster to use the automatic >> completion (hit Ctrl-Space), so it might be useful to do that for later >> parts of the video. (Explaining how to use auto-completion would be useful >> to new eclipse users, though, so I guess it's a question of whether we are >> targeting users who are experienced with eclipse and new to wicket, or new >> to both eclipse and wicket.) >> >> - I noticed a few pauses where you weren't talking/explaining, and where you >> weren't doing things... is that to let the user catch up and follow along, >> or...? I was told that it's a good idea if you are talking with the video. >> >> - >> >> - There's a point at about 8:15 or so where you're adding the TextArea to >> CommentForm... it appears to take fifteen-odd seconds for you to figure out >> (after much clicking and attempting to be discreet at looking at what >> Eclipse is telling you) that you need to add a semicolon to the end of the >> line. This looks a bit odd. It is usually a good idea (if you have time) to >> go through the actions a few times before recording the screencast. If you >> go through it nearly flawlessly, you look more professional. (If you don't >> have time to rerecord, you could have imported the video into some sort of >> video editor and snipped this part out.) >> >> - It's hard to tell, but did you follow the example online[1]? I see parts >> of it there, but it doesn't look like an exact match... >> >> - Since you were using Windows, have you considered using Windows Media >> Encoder 9[2] to record your desktop? If you use the "Windows Media Video 9 >> Screen" codec you might have a much smaller file size. (I'm not 100% sure, >> though, because I didn't use Windows to create my screencast.) >> >> - Just so you know, Java automatically calls .toString() on most things when >> you run them through print, so you don't have to. >> >> - It would be nice if you mentioned the wicket website at the end of the >> screencast. >> >> Even if they don't make it into a submission in time for the GHOP deadline, >> I hope you will take these thoughts into account. >> >> [1] http://wicket.apache.org/exampleguestbook.html >> [2] >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx >> >> -- >> Michael Chang >> >> Please note that not all formatting may be preserved in >> Office/Word/Powerpoint documents sent to me. Please use OpenDocument (not >> Open XML), HTML, and RTF where possible. See >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> Thank you. >
