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    Dan Rathbun
    last edited by 20 Jan 2011, 21:59

    Sorry, but I'm really good at lurking.. ๐Ÿ˜›

    Have you noticed my Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started

    which points at RUBY RESOURCES

    I'm not here much anymore.

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      Larsen
      last edited by 21 Jan 2011, 00:17

      I am not talking about RUBY RESOURCES, but about perception process. By the way, do you know from whom we inherited lurking?

      [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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        Dan Rathbun
        last edited by 21 Jan 2011, 03:16

        @larsen said:

        By the way, do you know from whom we inherited lurking?

        @unknownuser said:

        (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lurking)":27ob9p2a]

        Origin:
        1250โ€“1300; ME lurken, freq. of lower2; cf. Norw lurka to sneak away

        @unknownuser said:

        (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search)":27ob9p2a]
        ... probably from Scandinavian (cf. dial. Norw. lurka "to sneak away," dial. Swed. lurka "to be slow in one's work"), perhaps ult. related to M.E. luren "to frown, lurk"

        So it probably came from Viking Norse, via Middle English, as a result of the Norse invasion into Britain (circa 875-950.)

        I'm not here much anymore.

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          thomthom
          last edited by 21 Jan 2011, 07:11

          @dan rathbun said:

          So it probably came from Viking Norse

          ๐Ÿ˜Ž Grade 8 lurker

          Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            honoluludesktop
            last edited by 21 Jan 2011, 07:22

            Didn't read all of the above, how about this SketchUcation Topic? Been there lots of time to look at stuff. Thanks to Jim!!!

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              Larsen
              last edited by 21 Jan 2011, 21:55

              Very interesting link.

              http://jasonpaulgrant.co.uk/my-work/articles/42-is-lurking-a-problem.html

              [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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                Dan Rathbun
                last edited by 21 Jan 2011, 22:37

                "snippet" does not mean 'small' ...

                ... it means some code that you can 'cut and paste' into your own code project.

                I'm not here much anymore.

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                  Cleverbeans
                  last edited by 24 Jan 2011, 20:16

                  @dan rathbun said:

                  "snippet" does not mean 'small' ...

                  If we're being pedantic then "snippet" is the diminutive of "snip" so it does in fact mean "a small portion of".

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                    Dan Rathbun
                    last edited by 24 Jan 2011, 23:40

                    Ok fine.. I'll give ya that.

                    But he wants a word that is smaller than small (limited to 10 lines.)

                    How about pygmy code or pygmy snippet ??

                    I'm not here much anymore.

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                      kwalkerman
                      last edited by 27 Jan 2011, 18:04

                      How about compiling a list of simple plugins that newbies can learn from? I find it is really helpful to learn from something that actually does something useful. We can develop a list of existing plugins, that are well-written, short, and accomplish something useful. I've learned alot from reading other people's code, and it definitely would've been useful to me to have a short list of plugins to download and learn from.

                      I think that lots of people on this forum could develop a short list of their plugins that would help a beginner. This would provide an excellent resource without sapping TONS of time.

                      --
                      Karen

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                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by 27 Jan 2011, 19:26

                        Thats not a bad idea. Many of my smaller scripts are simple. There are always questions about learning bad habits from others. I try hard, but I'm sure there are still things I do wrong. I'd hate for others to learn that from me.

                        Also, am I the only one that finds the linetool.rb rather dense to read? I have not looked at it for a little while now, but when I was learning, I could not make heads or tales of that thing.

                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                        All my Plugins I've written

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                          thomthom
                          last edited by 27 Jan 2011, 21:38

                          @chris fullmer said:

                          Also, am I the only one that finds the linetool.rb rather dense to read? I have not looked at it for a little while now, but when I was learning, I could not make heads or tales of that thing.

                          Yes. I think a cleaner linetool would be useful.

                          Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            kwalkerman
                            last edited by 28 Jan 2011, 15:40

                            I also found the linetool.rb pretty dense.

                            @chris fullmer said:

                            There are always questions about learning bad habits from others

                            It would be helpful to have some other coders review the files and make suggestions for cleanup prior to submission to the thread. I will definitely volunteer my material selection plugin (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=31378), but would definitely like some criticism regarding the coding and clarity prior to having someone learn from it!

                            --
                            Karen

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                              Larsen
                              last edited by 28 Jan 2011, 20:49

                              Yes, a lot of good ideas.

                              [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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                                Larsen
                                last edited by 14 Mar 2011, 23:35

                                I am now sure that the concept of "Ruby Script Video Tutorial" formulated by Chris is the one I dreamed for.

                                [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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                                  Larsen
                                  last edited by 14 Mar 2011, 23:36

                                  Perhaps what makes problem is the word "snippet".

                                  [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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