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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/new-tutorials.html b/docs/tutorials/new-tutorials.html deleted file mode 100644 index af3846b7af7..00000000000 --- a/docs/tutorials/new-tutorials.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ -<TITLE>ACE Beginners' Guide</TITLE> -<BODY text = "#000000" link="#000fff" vlink="#ff0f0f" bgcolor="#ffffff"> - -<HR><P> -<H3>Developing New Tutorials</H3> - -Here are some general guidelines for creating new ACE tutorials: <P> - -<hr width=50% align=left> -<H4>Choose a Topic You Know Very Well (or are just learning)</h4> - - This isn't really a conflict... -<P> - If you know a topic very well, you're likely to know what is most - important to the novice and what can be left until later. If you're - just learning a topic, then you know what questions you have that - must be answered before you can continue. -<P> -<hr width=50% align=left> -<H4> Keep It Simple</H4> -<P> - Don't try to use a lot of really cool ACE features along the way. Stick - to the basic stuff and show that. Try to use a minimum of ACE objects - that are not the direct target of the tutorial. -<P> - (For instance, don't get all caught up in ACE_Singleton<> if you're - trying to show how to use an ACE_Reactor.) -<P> - If you want to show something really cool that happens to depend on - another ACE feature, do a tutorial on that other feature first! I've - found that folks will tend to get stuck on *anything* they don't - understand even if it isn't directly relevant to what you're trying - to teach. -<P> -<hr width=50% align=left> -<h4>Document the Heck Out of It!</H4> -<P> - There's no such thing as too much documentation. Don't worry about - repeating yourself along the way. Assume that the reader knows nothing - at all about the topic at hand and explain even the parts that you feel - are painfully obvious. -<P> - If you feel that sticking a bunch of comments in the code makes it harder - to read then stick in a label and document at the end of the file or - something. Alternately, create both a well-documented version and a - sparsely-documented version. Then folks can choose between 'em. -<P> -<hr width=50% align=left> -<h4>Over-teach It</H4> -<P> - If there's a tutorial created for a topic that you feel strong in, - create another one anyway. Everybody tends to code a little differently. - Perhaps your tutorial style will "feel" better to some newcomers - than an existing tutorial. You won't hurt anybody's feelings if - you present the same material in a different way. -<P> -<hr width=50% align=left> -<h4>Leverage Existing Code</H4> -<P> - The ultimate form of code reuse :-) Seriously... grab one or more - of the existing ACE tests or examples. Then strip it down to the - bare bones & add heaps of comments. I don't think the software-police - will be coming after anyone for that! - -<P> If this thing takes off, I'll start to organize the tutorials into -groups. For now, lets concentrate on quantity & quality. -Organization can come later... <P> - -<HR><P> <H3> What about TAO?</H3> In the early stages, these tutorials -won't address The ACE ORB (<A -HREF="http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt">TAO</A>). However, if you -want to request a tutorial on some aspect of TAO or even create one -yourself, I'll be glad to integrate those into these tutorials. It's -rare when folks want to write documentation, so nothing will be -refused!<P> - -<HR><P> -Back to the <A -HREF="../ACE-tutorials.html">ACE -tutorials</A> page. |