This is one of the better etiquette descriptions for this list I have seen. Good job
Brian!
Steve
Brian Mathis wrote:
> Mike Anderson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I noticed that there are a good bunch of questions that
> > go un-answered - probably because they are not considered
> > to be "valid" questions by higher end developers.
> >
> > I say this because I belong to an Expert Visual Basic
> > list, and same rules seem to apply there as well.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a more "entry level" list for Palm
> > Developers?
> >
> > Thanks for any info -
> >
> > Mike
>
> As a relative beginner to programming for PalmOS (about 6 months or so),
> I hope I can offer some advice. Some of these may be obvious, I'm not
> trying to be insulting, but I run into this type of stuff all the time
> when helping with Perl problems.
>
> 1. Read the messages here, all of them. Some things may not make sense
> at first, but the more you pay attention, the more things fall into
> place. You may be working on something 3 months down the road, and
> you'll remember "I've seen this somewhere before". Then you can search
> the archives for the answer. This brings me to #2.
>
> 2. Use the archives. There are 2 web searchable archives of this list.
> Both URLs can be found in the link at the bottom of this message (the
> one at palmos.com). eGroups and eScribe are listed at the bottom of
> that page.
>
> 3. Put forth a serious effort to solve something first. Don't run to
> the mailing list every time you have a problem. Figuring it out by
> yourself will teach you much more than just the one thing you're
> searching for.
>
> 4. If you have a doubt about if something will work or not, write a
> small test app and try it out. If you're using POSE, you really can't
> hurt anything (of course, you're using POSE to develop already, right?
> :) Don't be afraid to experiment.
>
> 5. When the time comes to ask a question, try to be as informative as
> possible about the situation. "It doesn't work" doesn't help us or you
> at all. Something along the lines of, "I am trying to accomplish <this
> task>. I think the best way to do it is <this way>. Here's the code
> I'm using to do it. I'm expecting it to do <this>, but it seems to be
> doing <that> instead. I'm using [code warrior | gcc] on [windows | mac
> | unix] and targetting for PalmOS version ## using SDK version ##."
>
> 6. If you get stuck on something, take a look at the source code for the
> built in apps that's included with the SDK. It helps a lot. There are
> also other various source examples around.
>
> Well, there's a laundry list for you. :) I hope that helps, and have
> fun getting into it.
>
> --
> Brian Mathis
> Direct Edge
> http://www.directedge.com
>
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