ditto On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Frank J. Schmuck wrote: > That would help a great deal. As a lurker (mostly to view code and to see > how folks think through problems) and definitely a true "beginner," one > thing that is very obvious is that there is a significant variance in what > folks believe is a "beginner." > > When I read "oh, yeah yesterday I was developing a database application > embedded in a web page and I had a problem implementing "x". That's a bit > like teaching the alphabet beginning with the letter "S". Now don't get me > wrong, I love that stuff and its not anybody's "job" to use the list to > teach. But in a beginner's list I just thought some of the more basic > things would be talked about. > > I'd love to see you do this. > > Thanks > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: fliptop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 2:03 AM > To: Teresa Raymond > Cc: beginnerperllist > Subject: tutorial proposition (was: Re: Succinct Code, Use of my $var and > global vs local) > > Teresa Raymond wrote: > > > > This snippet of code works as it is but I was wondering if there was > > a way to rewrite it more succinctly. I am also not using my $var="" > > after a few days of reading the code samples being posted here, i have > been wondering how i can help perl beginners with advice on making their > code more succinct, handling the 'my' variable issue, etc. > > i have been toying with the idea of creating a step-by-step tutorial on > how i develop a complete application, beginning with analyzing the > problem right on through to putting the code into production. i'd use a > simple sample app, maybe something like an addressbook. > > does anyone feel this would be helpful? i'd put in the time only if > other beginners thought it would be of use. > -- - josh 20A8 2FC6 9099 D215 78F4 D005 B9F3 21C4 300C C25E ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - tel: +972.58.520.636, http://www.tkos.co.il -