Newbies looking for documentation

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Dec 21 15:34:27 EST 2004


On 12/20/04 9:37 PM, Gordon wrote:

> Dear Revolutionaries (particularly fellow rev newbies)
> 
> I was trawling around the rev website and I happened
> to read an article I had previously glossed over - the
> one about moving to rev from C++ or Java environments.
> I was never particularly fond of either of these
> languages - learning C++ from a book is about as much
> fun as having root canal work and Java's "write once
> run anywhere" rang as true as "a lone gunman shooting
> from the book depository" (more goddam' flavors than
> Baskin-Robbins). When I finally read the article
> however, I found that it contained a really useful
> overview of rev and there were some particularly juicy
> tidbits that are not apparent from the built-in docs
> that come with rev.

As far as I know, all the documentation on the web site is taken 
directly from the built-in docs that ship with Revolution -- so the 
article is in the docs somewhere. I admit it is hard to locate some of 
them though.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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