I am not saying people should charge for tutorials, I am saying that it would not be unreasonable if they did. Benoit has done a momentous amount of work in creating Gambas. ANd Richard's idea about annodated code is a great one- except for one flaw.
That flaw is for the beginner without a systematic method of learning the language the odds are stacked against him /her. But like I said earlier why not have both? SOme people can see an example and go OH that's how it works- and others need more help. Good example: Algebra why can't kids just look at the example and understand it? Even when the example has comments the children have a hard time following- but with guided instruction and guided questions and answers then child is more likely to understand the math. Same works for adults not everyone does well solo with a textbook. Plus another problem is when people just cut and paste code without knowing what all the code is for becuase they are told it does x but in reality it does xyz. As far as more work for Benoit I am trying to come up with a way to lighten the load. :) I rreally do understand what you are saying, but I think people are thinking I a looking to replace a current method. I am not I want to another resource to the same methods. For the dummies like my self. JB charlesg wrote: > > Hi all, > > As one of the great unwashed (i.e. less proficient) Gambas users, I must > say that I prefer Richards approach using annotated code examples at a > simple level. I don't really feel comfortable with the idea of a paid-for > tutorial system and feel that 'we' as a user base should freely contribute > to the project. There is no chance of us ever equaling the stupendous > contribution of Benoit and to consider charging for any contribution that > we make is, I feel, not in the spirit of Gambas. > > I wrote a small intro tutorial to Gambas which features quite well on a > Google search. I put it on a Wordpress blog so that I could get some > stats. It is currently viewed about 300 times a month. > > Benoit has also kindly used a program of mine as a Gambas example. The > examples in Gambas could be extended with a beginners section although I > could see this ending up as being yet more work for Benoit. > > rgds > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/We-should-offer-online-Gambas-courses%21-tp22792079p22800230.html Sent from the gambas-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user