Another Doc Thought

[Dan Shafer]

Yes, indeed, brother Richard, that IS the question, is it not?

I think what we're hearing here -- and I'm certainly interpolating --  
is a cry for the book described at RevCon West as an "architecture"  
book. A book that shows in painstaking detail, step by step through  
the IDE and the language, how to build various kinds of applications.  
That is a huge task. Huge.

(BTW, there's another issue for me that probably doesn't concern  
anyone else. When people on the list contribute free documentation- 
like things -- tutorial stacks, how-tos, etc. -- I want at one and  
the same time to applaud loudly and groan quietly. Because, you see,  
if someone ELSE is writing something on the same topic and perhaps  
putting in a lot of effort and time and energy with the hope of  
selling the product and someone else comes along and offers something  
-- even if not quite as good or complete -- for free, it crushes the  
spirit if not the market. A clearing-house for volunteer effort would  
help avoid such things but that begs the question of who would set up  
and manage such a thing.

Sigh.


On Jul 25, 2005, at 10:27 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> But the question here is:  Is Rev's UI really that opaque?  Or is  
> it the underlying concepts which drive the UI?
>



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