As we start to get this community moving I'm wondering what specific forum categories we should have. I don't want long messy navigation but I'm sure some sort of categorisation would be useful. So, I set up three and I'll leave the rest open for discussion.
What do you think?
Paul
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maybe project examples and a sub categorisation?
It might be useful to provide users with some sample projects, sort of shell projects if you like, that include all the required API references and the basic template code structure to perform some specific functionality like 'My first SDL Xliff reader' or 'My first TM Provider' etc...
Note: we don't need to include or reveal all our hard work in these example projects 
; just the basic project structure and how it all fits together.
From my impression, even though the SDL SDK documentation is very complete, I have seen that developers (including me 
) have had some difficulty taking that first step in understanding how to put it all together (i.e. implementing the API's & setting up a working project); maybe some basic but complete (shell projects) would jump start the community.
I already wrote a small (but complete) project of this nature (SdlXliffReaderExample) to help out another team; It includes all source code for a sample project that provides functionality to iterate through an SDLXLIFF file and recover all the segment pairs. The project also demonstrates how to provide compatibility for both versions of Studio (2009 & 2011).
Maybe this type of project and other projects of this type could help other developers getting started?
Unknown said:maybe project examples and a sub categorisation?
It might be useful to provide users with some sample projects, sort of shell projects if you like, that include all the required API references and the basic template code structure to perform some specific functionality like 'My first SDL Xliff reader' or 'My first TM Provider' etc...
I totally agree with Patrick. I also think that a "My First OX App installer" will be greatly appreciated together with whatever requirements or guidelines can be provided for building OX apps or publishable Multiterm Databases.
I can fix up something like My first SdlTm Export, My first SdlTm Import and My first SdlTm Create.
Unknown said:From my impression, even though the SDL SDK documentation is very complete, I have seen that developers (including me
I can second that. Although some parts are well or even very well documented there are times that even the most easy to do thing becomes very difficult because there is somewhere some missing information about a required file or resource etc..
I think that SDL OpenExchange Developers forum, it is very good idea and I am sure that it will help a lot.
Have a nice weekend,
Costas
tks Ian; really appreciated
Costas Nadalis said:I feel there is too little that I know and I would not have made anything with out your support and encouragement.
we might even get away with applying the quote "The more I learn, the more I learn how little I know. -- Socrates"
--I feel like this almost all the time; the remaining times I really don’t know
tks Ian; really appreciated
Costas Nadalis said:I feel there is too little that I know and I would not have made anything with out your support and encouragement.
we might even get away with applying the quote "The more I learn, the more I learn how little I know. -- Socrates"
--I feel like this almost all the time; the remaining times I really don’t know
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