I'm late to the discussion, but my experience is that a proper set of tutorials and user manual need to be in place to attract new users.
I have found like other commenters that the documentation and knowledge is all over the place and is not unified enough to make solving a problem more efficient. Specifically, the database information is spread all over the place and the examples produced by the folks at LiveCode are incomplete and fail to give the user a complete "real World" solution example. For instance, anyone coming from Filemaker is instantly unable to create a basic functioning relational database. Sure SQLite is a great product, however, trying to create lookup/relational join is nearly impossible since the required knowledge is buried so deep in the forums that it took me over a month to find it, and then, not even an example of how to make it work. Another daunting aspect is the lack of example files that FULLY and COMPLETELY solve a problem in a fashion that illustrates to the new user the basic concepts. My example is the VIdeo Library db solution. Its CRAP! Show the user the interface parts, show the user the database aspects . . . and ACTUALLY show a real solution file. Then link the interface to the db using the scripting language. I also am displeased by the inability to download the pdf's associated with the LiveCode Lessons. I work off the grid a lot and cannot access the internet for days at a time, but I want the reference materials at hand. Sure I can download pdf's one at a time. . . .a real solution is to allow the user to select the solution documents they want, zip them up and download the package locally. Its a hell of a lot easier to search the pdf's using copernic search to find the details you need which a buried in the pdf's. Yes I think the video tutorials are a good thing, but again, I cannot download them to my local machine not is there sufficient documentation to go along with them. Finally, LiveCode could benefit from designing materials using plain english, step by step instructions to solving basic problems for newbies. Again, don't make assumptions that newbies are able to make the leap after you bring them to the precipice. I consult for small non-profits who want to make the jump from Filemaker to something more advanced but not a full blown system requiring full time employees. I have yet to have one group accept my recommendation to go with LiveCode because that cannot get a volunteer to sufficiently understand the database aspects of LiveCode. This is a shame because these groups could really benefit from the flexibility of LiveCode. THX Jeff Potts On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Kevin Miller wrote: >> >> In the mean time, have you tried the Business Academy? It is our 4th >> "revision" of the Academy concept and has been the most successful by far >> at providing the information new (and even existing) users need in >> bite-sized chunks. > > > +100 > > I've recommended the Business Academy to many friends and clients, and each > one of them has told me it's been very valuable indeed. > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
