New to Rev & Use-Rev List - Some Questions - RevMentor

Mark Srebnik msrebnik at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 13 22:52:55 EDT 2008


    Thanks for all your suggestions, Marian. Very helpful!

    Mark

on 9/13/08 7:27 PM, Petrides, M.D. Marian at mpetrides at earthlink.net wrote:

> Mark
> 
> If you might be developing on one platform (?Mac) but potentially
> deploying your app on both platforms, I'd seriously consider
> Enterprise.  It's really nice to be able to develop on my Mac, save my
> stack(s) onto the PC partition and then go in and make final tweaks
> (mainly font fixes) on the Windows side.  Of course, I'm biased
> because most of my apps need to be Windows (publisher's insistence)
> and I personally have a very strong preference for working on the Mac
> not Win.
> 
> I always get the download version. However, I'm not sure what is
> included with the boxed version, nor do I know what the price
> difference is.
> 
> As for the dox, I sent the PDF to Kinkos and had them print it double-
> sided and spiral bind it.  Cost about $40 (black and white, natch).  I
> did it this way because I wanted printed dox and they were not yet
> available to order, not necessarily because of the lower price.
> 
> Learning strategy:  that would depend on how much you know going in.
> I already knew hypercard pretty well, so the transition was easy for
> me--and I do better at trying to create a program that does something
> I need than trying to learn just by doing tutorials.  But I'm not
> exactly a conventional coder, either.  One suggestion I have would be
> to see if you can find a copy of Danny Goodman's book on hypercard and
> read the first few chapters that talk about concepts like stacks and
> message hierarchy--unless you are already familiar with them.  Just my
> 2 cents. YMMV.
> 
> Marian
> 
> On Sep 13, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Mark Srebnik wrote:
> 
>> Greetings Revolutionistas*,

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>> So, ready to take the plunge and purchase Rev, but have a few
>> questions please...
>> 
>> 1) Which Version to Buy?
>> 
>> Prior to 3.0, I only considered buying Media or maybe Studio due to
>> pricing.
>> Now, with new improved lower pricing, I'm considering Studio or
>> Enterprise.
>> 
>> Option A - Enterprise
>> 
>> As I mainly use a Mac at home and a have a little Fujitsu P1610
>> tabletPC that I bring with me to work, it would be great to work
>> on Mac in evenings/weekends and in Windows during the week on my
>> breaks at work if I want....
>> 
>> So, this means having at least (2) Rev OS versions available, which
>> makes Enterprise version attractive, although probably overkill for
>> a noob like me and a higher cost option.
>> 
>> Option B - Studio
>> 
>> The other alternative that I just thought about is to go with Studio
>> either Windows or Linux version as I can run either Windows or Linux
>> on my Mac with Parallels Desktop and run Windows or Linux version on
>> my P1610 as it¹s setup to dual boot Win and Linux...
>> 
>> So, this makes Studio version attractive given its lower entry cost.
>> 
>> What do you guys think about my options?
>> 
>> 2) Rev ­ Download vs Boxed Version
>> 
>> It¹s not clear to me from Rev¹s website what¹s included in boxed
>> version besides Rev CD. Do you get a printed copy of the user guide too?
>> Or anything else? Otherwise, seems like just easier/cheaper just to get
>> download version.
>> 
>> 3) Rev Printed User Guide
>> 
>> Any recommendations for getting the printed user guide or do most
>> people just use the electronic version?
>> 
>> 4) Learning Rev Strategy
>> 
>> Do you recommend just working through the included tutorials and other
>> materials that comes with Rev and then working on your own projects
>> or ??

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