Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Mini-Tutorial Showcase Id

[David Carver <d_a_carver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sometimes we forget that not everybody has used eclipse.  So I'm still 
for some introduction tutorials for beginners,.

Dave

On 12/09/2010 07:07 PM, Peter Friese wrote:
> I like the idea.
>
> Overall, I'm very much in favor of
> a) giving new projects a chance to present their project
> b) giving Eclipse newbies the chance to learn what Eclipse is all about.
>
> Let's not forget not everyone at EclipseCon is a committer or a long-term Eclipse user who knows his way around in the Eclipse universe.
>
> So, thumbs up for this idea.
>
> Peter
>
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> Peter Friese
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>
> On 10.12.2010, at 01:00, Chris Aniszczyk wrote:
>
> > In the past years, new projects have complained about not getting
> > tutorial time. While this is completely fair due to limited tutorial
> > slots and since the projects are new and not really established.
> > However, I think we can do better by giving new projects a shot at
> > some limited tutorial time... this will help them expose their project
> > to an audience and also benefit the attendees by being exposed to
> > something they may haven't of originally.
> >
> > What's a mini-tutorial? Well it would consist of up to 3 Eclipse.org
> > projects that get an hour each to do a basic introduction and get you
> > running up with a "Hello World" example. This would give new projects
> > some time at EclipseCon and only eat up one of our tutorial spots
> > (which I'm willing to sacrifice for this).
> >
> > On a side note, this should be possible with a well executed tutorial.
> > If I can't get your project running with an hour with a "Hello World"
> > example your project is doomed to fail anyway probably. We'd do a bit
> > of coaching with these folks and demand that they provide the tutorial
> > materials earlier than usual.
> >
> > The tutorial candidates I have for this idea are...
> >    2302 - Hands-on introduction to Object Teams
> >    2081 - Eclipse Scout: Apps to Go in 3h
> >    2031 - Functional test automation for Eclipse applications with Jubula
> >
> > Of course we'd have to get the projects to agree to this but I don't
> > imagine it being that much trouble versus them having no tutorial.
> >
> > What are people's thoughts here?
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris Aniszczyk
> > http://aniszczyk.org
> > +1 860 839 2465
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