[Gambas-user] We should offer online Gambas courses!

[jbskaggs]

I am not saying people should charge for tutorials, I am saying that it would
not be unreasonable if they did. Benoit has done a momentous amount of work
in creating Gambas.  ANd Richard's idea about annodated code is a great one-
except for one flaw.

That flaw is for the beginner without a systematic method of learning the
language the odds are stacked against him /her.

But like I said earlier why not have both?  

SOme people can see an example and go OH that's how it works- and others
need more help.  Good example: Algebra why can't kids just look at the
example and understand it?   Even when the example has comments the children
have a hard time following- but with guided instruction and guided questions
and answers then child is more likely to understand the math.

Same works for adults not everyone does well solo with a textbook.

Plus another problem is when people just cut and paste code without knowing
what all the code is for becuase they are told it does x but in reality it
does xyz.

As far as more work for Benoit I am trying to come up with a way to lighten
the load. :)

I rreally do understand what you are saying, but I think people are thinking
I a looking to replace a current method.  I am not I want to another
resource to the same methods. For the dummies like my self.

JB





charlesg wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> As one of the great unwashed (i.e. less proficient) Gambas users, I must
> say that I prefer Richards approach using annotated code examples at a
> simple level. I don't really feel comfortable with the idea of a paid-for
> tutorial system and feel that 'we' as a user base should freely contribute
> to the project. There is no chance of us ever equaling the stupendous
> contribution of Benoit and to consider charging for any contribution that
> we make is, I feel, not in the spirit of Gambas.
> 
> I wrote a small intro tutorial to Gambas which features quite well on a
> Google search. I put it on a Wordpress blog so that I could get some
> stats. It is currently viewed about 300 times a month.
> 
> Benoit has also kindly used a program of mine as a Gambas example. The
> examples in Gambas could be extended with a beginners section although I
> could see this ending up as being yet more work for Benoit.
> 
> rgds
> 

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