Yes, all those resources findable on your site are great ... but they don't help the people who find this eGroup before they check your site. That is why a periodic "policy" posting containing this information, and anything else we can think of, could be helpful.
-- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > > >Support guidelines are already available. They're not that hard to find on our >Web pages. Developers starting at: > > <http://www.palmos.com/> > >can click on the "Developers" button to get to: > > <http://www.palmos.com/dev/> > >This page includes a "New Developers:Getting Started" link, which takes you to: > > <http://www.palmos.com/dev/started/> > >There's a lot of good starting points there. Developers can also click on the >"Support" item in the Quick Index, taking them to: > > <http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/> > >That page gives many, many support options. The last link on the page -- >"Technical question checklist" -- takes you to this page: > > <http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/questions.html> > >This page attempts to make sure that you've covered all the self-help options >before submitting a question to an actual human being or, failing that, a >Development Support engineer. > >However, I will grant that Brian's suggested list includes some items not found >on any of those Web pages. Perhaps his ideas can be incorporated into those >pages. > >-- Keith Rollin >-- Palm OS Emulator engineer > > > > > > >"Richard Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/03/2000 10:05:06 AM > >Please respond to "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> > >Sent by: "Richard Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> >cc: (Keith Rollin/US/PALM) >Subject: Re: To beginner programmers (was Re: This is not fair) > > > >Something like this -- newsgroup guidelines -- >should be posted by the list manager on a regular >basis ... bi-weekly? > >-- >-Richard M. Hartman >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! > > >Brian Mathis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >> >>Maybe it's time for a repost of this: >>--------------- >> >>I hope I can offer some advice. Some of these may be obvious, I'm not >>trying to be insulting, but I run into this type of stuff all the time >>when helping with Perl problems. >> >> >>1. Read the messages here, all of them. Some things may not make sense >>at first, but the more you pay attention, the more things fall into >>place. You may be working on something 3 months down the road, and >>you'll remember "I've seen this somewhere before". Then you can search >>the archives for the answer. This brings me to #2. >> >>2. Use the archives. There are 2 web searchable archives of this list. >> http://www.escribe.com/findgroup.html?query=palm >> http://www.egroups.com/list/palm-dev-forum/info.html >> >>3. Put forth a serious effort to solve something first. Don't run to >>the mailing list every time you have a problem. Figuring it out by >>yourself will teach you much more than just the one thing you're >>searching for. >> >>4. If you have a doubt about if something will work or not, write a >>small test app and try it out. If you're using POSE, you really can't >>hurt anything (of course, you're using POSE to develop already, right? >>:) Don't be afraid to experiment. >> >>5. When the time comes to ask a question, try to be as informative as >>possible about the situation. "It doesn't work" doesn't help us or you >>at all. Something along the lines of, "I am trying to accomplish <this >>task>. I think the best way to do it is <this way>. Here's the code >>I'm using to do it. I'm expecting it to do <this>, but it seems to be >>doing <that> instead. I'm using [code warrior | gcc] on [windows | mac >>| unix] and targetting for PalmOS version ## using SDK version ##." >> >>6. If you get stuck on something, take a look at the source code for the >>built in apps that's included with the SDK. It helps a lot. There are >>also other various source examples around. >> >> >>Well, there's a laundry list for you. :) I hope that helps, and have >>fun getting into it. >> >> >>-- >>Brian Mathis >>Direct Edge >>http://www.directedge.com >> >> >> > > > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please >see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > > > > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
