[ZDP] A Parallel Intro to Zope/Python/OO for Developers

Loren Stafford lstaffor@dynalogic.com
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:59:05 -0800


Maik,

I'm afraid there were some clouds between me and your brainstorm, so I
didn't quite follow. Could you give some examples?

But I think I agree, in that struggling developers can at least define the
problems they run into. Their problem definitions can at least be converted
into a "needs author" in the ZDP. If the developer thinks he has the answer,
then he can be the author, and the tentative document section changes status
to "needs reviewer". If a qualified reviewer can be found, then there is
some assurance that the documentation will be solid.

What I'm not sure about is how this kind of process can result in a document
organized enough to serve as a tutorial (or perhaps curriculum) for newbie
developers.

-- Loren

----- Original Message -----
From: Maik Roeder <roeder@berg.net>
To: <zdp@zope.org>
Sent: March 08, 2000 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ZDP] A Parallel Intro to Zope/Python/OO for Developers


> Hi !
>
>
> > >I bring this up in the hopes that you and others can determine how to
best
> > >work this kind of info into the scope of ZDP. I see it as a separate
> > >document, but a "glue" doc -- one that contains lots of pointers into
> > >existing (or soon to exist) documents, glueing Python, Zoope and
persistent
> > >OO together.
> > >
> > >What do you think?
> >
> > Hi Loren,
> >
> > Yes, sounds all needed. Unfortunately, this information can only be
given
> > by someone who already knows this stuff. And, thus I'm afraid thay
> > we won't see this kind information that quickly.
>
> <brainstorming modus = on>
> I think we need to address this problem differently than ZBook. I would
> suggest taking a _Question_ driven approach. We should first make a
structure
> of the problem and then just divide and conquer. Each level of the
GlueBook
> would be further and further split into subchapters until a level is
reached
> where the questions can be answered. This means we need a new format for
> this kind of stuff. Questions must be further divided into subquestions
and
> into subsubquestions. At the lowest question level the answers could be
> given. These answers would guide people to write the GlueBook chapters,
> which would reside some way further up in the hierarchy. It could be
called
> a general problem solving tool for stepwise refining a problem using
questions
> until a level is reached where a question can be answered.
>
> Maybe it is worth creating that kind of service for ZDP ?
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Maik
>
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