If you are*NOT* interested in teaching *small children* /LiveCode/ stop
reading now.
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Having taught a reasonably successful, relatively intensive course to
*Primary level**
**children* during the summer, and starting a once-a-week thing in
October I am quite
seriously thinking of putting together a *book* for Primary kids.
This would *NOT* be full of theorising, and *NOT* like a 'standard' text
book; rather a
hands-on cookery book.
Obviously, a significant part of this book will be pictorial.
HOWEVER . . .
Seeing the vast and significant changes coming with *LiveCode 8.0.0.*
[and, to be honest, all I taught the children was doable in LC 4.5]
including its interface changes (at the moment I'm thinking of the
*preferences**
**palette* and the *toolBar* stack) . . .
I am really wondering what the point is, as, any book I start on now
will either feature screen shots
of the *LC 7 interface* or the *LC 8 alpha interface*; both of which may
go down the pan just as my book
is ready.
ALSO . . . my course that will run from October to May will us LC 7
(especially as the LC 8 series is in a state
of flux) . . . so any extra stuff arising (and, with hindsight, I can
see lots of gaps that need to be plugged) will
also be framed in terms of the LC 7 interface.
As soon as a FIXED interface for LC 8 (???????) is released I will have
to sit down and make myself
comfortable with it even before I start dishing it out either to kids in
class or in the form of a book.
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I should be glad of any advice, comments, and so on about my quandary.
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In the light of some favourable responses I am wondering about releasing
beta versions of my chapters under a non-disclosure
agreement to interested parties to torture their children with on the
understanding that they will 'pay' for them by giving
me vigorous feedback.
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In light of the discussions anent a possible 'unified IDE' ['that'
picture], I also would like to know what chances
there are of that sort of thing being on the cards, whether it would be
locked-in [heaven forfend] or optional,
and so on, as, were it to be present in LC 8.x.x it might be necessary
to write a book with what could be termed
"a double feature" [think "Rocky Horror Show"] where almost every single
screen shot has to be reduplicated
for the two interfaces . . .
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I have no great desire to put together the sort of book I am talking
about to find that it is outdated as soon as it comes off the presses.
Richmond.
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