Call for comments: Rev as a Second Language

[Judy Perry]

This could be really nice as a set of bookends, that is, a companion piece
on new users who have never used anything else and Rev is their first
language (probably not as many of those people, though).
I'm loving your idea, though!

Judy
http://revined.blogspot.com

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com
> wrote:

> I'm considering putting an article together for revJournal.com about the
> joys and pitfalls of learning Rev from the perspective of those who already
> had proficiency in at least one other language before giving Rev a try.
>
> The challenge here is that I've been using Rev so long that I'm close to
> completely useless for this other than as an editor and to provide some
> structure.  As I envision it, the meat of this article would consist of
> quotes from you folks, or more specifically those of you who came to Rev not
> from a HyperCard or other xTalk background, but those of you who never
> worked with anything like Rev before but have shipped projects in other
> languages like VB, Perl, JavaScript, ActionScript, etc.
>
> So here's an open invitation to the readers of this list:
>
> Feel free to send me an email describing your story of learning Rev. Make
> it as long or as short as you like, and consider including things like:
>
> - What language(s) you used before trying Rev, and a bit about
>  your background and experience as a developer
>
> - How you first learned about Rev
>
> - What you liked most about learning Rev
>
> - What you found most annoying about Rev
>
> - Any of the good or bad that's changed over time as you became
>  more familiar with Rev
>
> And be sure to include this info so I can link back to your site and
> hopefully bring a few clicks your way:
>
> - Name
> - Title
> - Company/organization
> - URL
>
> Please send these to:  revjournal at fourthworld.com
>
> I'm very interested in learning more about how others see Rev, and think
> this will be a good read for the visitors at revJournal.com.
>
> Thanks in advance.  Feel free to write if you have any questions -
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World
>  Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
>  Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com
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