[OFF] Input/Info Requested

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Fri Mar 16 17:42:13 EDT 2007


On Mar 16, 2007, at 2:58 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Bill Marriott wrote:
>
>> It's my opinion that we (you can consider that "we" the company,  
>> or the community, or both) need to develop a ore complete library  
>> of self-contained "starter" kits for various tasks that Revolution  
>> is well-suited for. A kit being: narrative; code snippets; sample  
>> stacks, etc.
>> That library should be at runrev.com, and actively maintained.  
>> They should all
>> - share the same look-and-feel in stacks
>> - use consistent style-sheets/templates for documentation
>> - meet standards of professionalism
>> - be dead-simple for the newcomer (no weird xTalk tricks or fancy- 
>> shmancy footwork)
>
> These meet all the above requirements for basic newcomer info:
>  </http://support.runrev.com/scriptingconferences/>
>
> They are not specifically task-related, though; they are more  
> concept-related. They do contain sections for narrative, code  
> snippets, and example stacks, all wrapped in a consistent  
> interface. The goal in producing these tutorial stacks was to  
> provide a consistent library of basic instruction, located on  
> Runtime's site.
>
> I'd be happy to make the template stack accessible to anyone who  
> wants to use it for task-specific tutorials. The template stack has  
> already been standardized for branding, appearance, and presentation.

Thanks, Jacque for that reminder--I took the chance to revisit some  
of the scripting conference stacks, and was reminded again how well- 
done they are. It seems like this series could be easily adapted and  
extended beyond just the scripting conference. I'd be happy, for  
instance, to contribute a unicode tutorial.

Some of the comments here have been right on target--there is plenty  
of material out there; it just isn't obvious to the newcomer what the  
best source is. In fact, I admit myself that I'm a bit bewildered at  
the amount of good material out there.

Happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone!

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




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