Learning Revolution

[Sarah Reichelt]

Hi Karen,

> The biggest problem that I find is knowing what to look for in the 
> online
> references.  For example, I tend to think of the commands in 
> "REALbasic"
> terms, so to split a string I would be thinking of "Left", "Right", 
> "Mid"
> and "InStr" commands.
If you use those commands a lot, you're going to LOVE Revolution's 
string handling abilities :-)

> I'm still trying to figure out things such as alternate coloured lines 
> in a
> list
That's a tricky one, but there was a example posted a while ago. I 
worked out a variation on it, which I will post in a separate email for 
better searchability.
>
> The best advert for Revolution at the moment is the user list - I've 
> never
> met such a helpful and friendly group of people so willing to answer
> questions.  But, to me, Revolution badly needs a good tutorial 
> (something
> along the lines of the one offered for REALbasic would be a good 
> start) that
> goes a little further into the details than the video tutorials - 
> helpful as
> they are.  It could also do with help on using the development 
> environment
> (I've probably missed this and will be embarrassed when it is pointed 
> out!).
I used RealBasic several years ago, but not lately. What does their 
tutorial do? Maybe we could put a similar thing together for Rev.

Cheers,
Sarah