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Flattening the learning curve of guile
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swedebugia |
Subject: |
Flattening the learning curve of guile |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:07:21 -0800 |
Hi
I would like to help improve the manual because the learning curve is
pretty steep at the moment (to me at least) and there a surely many good
examples and helpful think-this-way to put into it.
We could have a whole new section with:
i want to do this: x
in guile this is best done with bla bla, see this project
i want to do this: y
in guile this is best done with bla bla, see this example
...
Also the error messages really need an overhaul. Eg. the "wrong
type"-error is cryptic at best and often you have no idea where it
originates. (I noticed this in my wikidata library where it would pop up
from a low level.)
Also it would be nice to update the guile-webpage with personal stories
how people use guile and a tutorial about porting bash-scripts and
making simple scripts in guile. (we really want people to use guile
instead of bash-scripts don't we?
With simple scripts I mean a script with a main that does something with
100 lines max.
My wikidata library is already way past this so I guess I'm beyond
simple scripting already! \o/
Any thoughts?
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Cheers
Swedebugia
- Flattening the learning curve of guile,
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