Peter M. Brigham wrote: > I'm noticing that the majority of the topics on this list recently > concern rather advanced aspects of LC, like using JavaScript in the > browser widget, mySQL and JSON calls, problems with multiple monitor > display, LCB, LC server, etc. No disparagement intended at all for > these questions, but I worry that LC newcomers might be feeling that > this list is all about LC esoterica and not really for beginners. > > I just want to offer a reminder: simpler questions are welcome here > too -- this is not just a list for professional developers working at > the bleeding edges of LC.
If we look at the names here and on the forums, most of the newcomers are in the forums. In fact, the occasional newcomer I see here is often someone I'd met in the forums weeks earlier. With the threaded discussions there, and a section for Complete Beginners, it seems a natural path for many.
In fact, for some folks email lists seem as anachronistic as IRC. Both are still used today, but we're seeing greater growth in web forums and things like Slack and Telegram in many communities, not just ours.
I like both this list and the forums, and enjoy that there are largely two very different audiences in each.
Personally, I have an organic view about such things: whatever level of technical prowess people want to pursue is exactly what they should be pursuing.
Anyone who finds a topic challenging will hopefully ask questions so they can follow along.
I ask quite a few noob questions myself now and then so I can keep up with y'all. It's how we learn together.
-- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ 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
