Newbie Q: LiveCode Forum

David C. davidocoker at gmail.com
Fri Jan 14 11:01:48 EST 2011


> Since you're learning LC as a second language, I hope the readers here will
> indulge another copy of what I've found, after teaching this tool and
> related dialects for so long, to be the progression through the learning
> curve for getting started with this weird beast:
>
>   Day one:     "What the hell is going on?  Why doesn't anything work
>                 like I expect?  I hate this damn thing."
>
>   Two days:    "Omigawd, the potential is incredible! If only I knew
>                 how to use it all..."
>
>   Two weeks:    "After reading the language guide and trying some
>                 things out, I'm able to do truly productive work."
>
>   One month:    "Now I can do productive work efficiently."
>
>   Three months: "With the flexibility of the language and the handy
>                  tools in LiveCode, I'm seeing slightly greater
>                  productivity than in my formerly-favorite tool I'd
>                  used for years."
>
>   Six months:   "I love this thing."
>
>   One year:     "I love this thing like no other."
>
>
> :)
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin

Thanks for posting that for him Richard!
You posted that to me some years ago and I've found it to be close to
my exact experience once I made the decision to use Rev/LC in earnest.
Best description of the process I've seen anywhere.


Best regards,
David C.




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