Agreed. I think the best way to learn a language is by tackling a nontrivial but not large program that is a matter of personal interest. The personal motivation to implement something useful to oneself helps one keep going through the debugging process.
There is now a lot of free source code on Script Central for doing all kinds of things. A custom IDE would be convenient, but I think much is already available to work with, and this list is here for questions. Jamal On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Stephen Clower wrote: > Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:40:45 -0600 > From: Stephen Clower <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EdSharp and window-eyes snippets. > > Jim Grimsby Jr. wrote: > > This is becoming fun. It was also nice to read on the list that learning > > all this stuff might be worth the effort. > > > > > Jim, > > Something else that has really helped me learn a new language, including > the Window-Eyes object model, is to have a short-term project in mind. > E.G. is there something specific you want Window-Eyes to do that isn't > currently available? Is there a program out there that would be more > accessible with a script? Knowing what you want to do and breaking it > down into logical steps will help keep you organized, and I've found > that it's much easier to follow the WE documentation when a specific > task needs to be completed. One step at a time, as they say. > > Best regards, > Steve >
