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[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Jim,

Thank you for the sage advice, and I don't pretend to expect to  
master a topic over which others have spent years in the development  
process. In fact, it is unlikely that I will even be able to achieve  
"newbie" status any time soon. And, I suppose, many of you may think  
I'm biting off more than I can chew. But one of my favorite  
expressions is: "how do you eat an elephant? You do it byte by byte!"  
OK, so that's old hat. Each of you have pretty much specialized in  
some field, and are probably using Revolution to help you solve some  
of your daily problems in that field. That is as it should be. As an  
architect, I'm accustomed to getting an "overview" of an entire  
problem; usually some kind of construction project. And that is what  
I am trying to do with Revolution. Hopefully those deep waters of  
which you spoke will not drown me! (Enormous smile)

Joe Wilkins

On Feb 17, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Jim Ault wrote:

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