[maemo-developers] Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

[From: Aniello Del Sorbo]

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> the only reason why i mentioned it is because the accelerometer page on the
> wiki currently contains such an overview.
> it shows multiple ways to do the same thing, some in python, some in c and
> even differences there.
> it seems to work well and give information to people who need it, no matter
> which language or method they prefer :)
>
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Accelerometers
>
> gary

I too am of the ide of answers specific to a particular toolkit.
Quick and easy.

Answer to the same use case in a different toolkit belong to that particular toolkit category.

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>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Michael Hasselmann <
> michael at taschenorakel.de> wrote:
>
> > > ext Gary Birkett wrote:
> > > > there is more than one method of doing everything.
> >
> > But that's part of the problem, at least for newcomers. They look for
> > the best/easiest way, most likely.
> >
> > Am Freitag, den 12.02.2010, 10:29 +0200 schrieb Quim Gil:
> > > There is a good point behind this which is how to cross use cases with
> > > technologies. I don't think the answer is to aim to cover all
> > > technologies equally for each use case e.g.
> > > How to get a nice % progress bar
> >
> > I wouldn't neccessarily expect that the solution to a usecase looks
> > similar with each toolkit. If you then start to explain the exceptions
> > (and why things are different) then you'll quickly blow up the size of
> > the tutorial-style usecase, without helping the reader. It'll only add
> > to the confusion.
> >
> > > I guess developers first make a decision about the toolkit they are
> > > going to use and then expect to find documentation specific to that
> > > toolkit. Cross-links are nice but that's it.
> > > [...]
> > > Looking at http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Use_case_template it is
> > > not clear whether such links should be placed in the intro, Related
> > > APIs... Tips & Tricks would force the template too much.
> >
> > A title suffix such as ".... (gtkmm)" plus wiki categories would help if
> > one wanted to make usecases available for all toolkits.
> >
> > regards,
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >