[was] Copying files > Rev Resources

[Jim Ault]

On 2/17/07 12:19 PM, "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <pepetoo at Cox.Net> wrote:

> Jim, Jacque, Richard and everyone else on the RevList,
> 
> It is pretty obvious that I'm not taking advantage of even a fraction
> of the available Revolution Resources. Why, the paucity of time is
> one reason, but the lack of one place to go to find what is available
> is probably the biggest. Perhaps, if I spent more time reading things
> available from the Revolution website, I might find an answer to
> this. Perhaps. Anyone have suggestions? I'm into good organization,
> even though I personally suffer from a shortage of that attribute.
> Help, but don't inundate me too badly. We are considering expanded
> Revolution coverage on the Macinstruct.com web site, so this
> information may prove to be critical to our doing a bang-up job.
> Several of you have already been more than helpful, and I've
> appreciated their assistance and guidance.
> 

All I can say is "You are sailing into very deep waters".
It can look easy to dive into Rev, but then your goal becomes to look and
feel like professional apps that required teams of programmers years of
work.

The area of collaboration means that many of the resources are stored across
the internet (Eric Chatonet SoSmartSoftware professional level tutorials,
RevOnline user sample stacks, Ken Ray Revolution pages....more, more)
As Stephen said... "check out all the scripting conference stacks
http://downloads.runrev.com/section/scriptingconferences.php"


I would recommend you start the beginner experience with Dan Shafer's book,
software at the Speed of Thought.  This encapsulates the experience of
"how do I build something" + "how do I think about all the steps"

As far as how to go from A to Z and learn Rev, I would recommend that each
week you watch the use-list, pick a topic, study it, follow the example
links, etc.

You could do a MacInstruct article on "the Selected Monthly Rev Topic" and
include the sample/tutorial stack links (like the RevOnline stacks)

Learning Rev is a process and a wonderful journey.  Kind of like saying "I
am going to see all the interesting places in America... but where do I
start?"

Jim Ault
Las Vegas