Writing a book on Seaside

Damien Cassou damien.cassou at laposte.net
Tue Nov 21 20:26:38 UTC 2006


Another Dave a écrit :
> 
> Damien Cassou wrote:
>>
>> I'm writing this book for persons who know nothing about Seaside. 
>> Smalltalk knowledge is not necessary too...
>>
> Something that I wish ALL writers would do is find a representative student,
> and then without coaching, listen to where they have trouble with the
> lesson.  Often as not, it will be some peripheral detail that you have never
> considered; very simple things like incomplete descriptions, inconsistent
> terminology, and unexpected differences between program versions can make it
> impossible to follow even a simple concept. Two or three of these
> difficulties will unnecessarily frustrate a novice, and may alienate them
> from ever approaching your subject again!
> 

Good idea



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