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

[J. Landman Gay]

Mark Srebnik wrote:
> Greetings Revolutionistas*,
> 
> Just discovered the Use-Rev List....wanted to jump in and say "Hello" to
> everyone and also get some input from this illustrious group.

Hello, and big welcome. This is the best place you could have found for 
Rev help. Oh, and you can call us just about anything you want, we're 
easy. :)

I'll just hit a couple of your questions:

> 
> 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.

Go the download route. The only thing you get in the boxed version that 
isn't in the download is...the box. It's a very nice box though.

> 
> 3) Rev Printed User Guide
> 
> Any recommendations for getting the printed user guide or do most people
> just use the electronic version?

Most use the electronic. The printed version is the identical, only 
paper. If you are the type who likes a book open in front of you while 
you work, the printed docs are great. Otherwise the built-in electronic 
ones are fine, and have the added advantage of being searchable.

> 
> 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 ??

All of the above. Then, work through these in order:

http://support.runrev.com/scriptingconferences/

These are a set of tutorials designed specifically for the beginning 
Revolutionary, and they work through all the concepts from ground zero 
on up. They were originally presented by many of the pros here during 
live online sessions a couple of years ago. You can read transcripts of 
the online sessions at the back of each stack. They were designed as 
primers.

So glad to see you here, and don't be afraid to ask even the most 
elementary questions. You'll get tons of answers, this is a fantastic group.


By the way (the rest of you) I have mirrored the scripting conferences 
at my site, with RR's permission. There are identical copies there 
(which are also linked from my Resources page so you can find them again 
later):

<http://www.hyperactivesw.com/revscriptconf/scriptingconferences.html>

Or the easy link to everything (conferences link at the upper left):
<http://www.hyperactivesw.com/Resources.html>

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com