Am Dienstag, den 31.03.2009, 11:46 +0200 schrieb Benoît Minisini: > > 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 > > Would it be possible to have both solutions? I mean: > > 1) A web site to enter well-commented and well-written pieces of code, tagged > so that searching is easy. > > 2) An http interface so that the IDE can use these pieces of code as project > examples automatically. > > We must have two types of examples. A full Gambas project that will be used > as > is by the IDE, or a little piece of code inside one Form, or a Module. Then > the IDE will create a temporary project to open it. > > Guys, what do you think about that?
Salut, and what is, if you don't have no easy Internet-Access at home? Ok, first, stop: I find this is a good solution! But I think the IDE should have a downloaded repository for the "Snippets", that could be a simple database file, so everybody can get easily updates (from the internet). -- Amicalment Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user