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I was disappointed at the lack of really good, in depth Chapel tutorials that weren't also the spec, so I wrote my own. Looking for feedback on what could make
by ianbertolacci 11y ago
I was disappointed at the lack of really good, in depth Chapel tutorials that weren't also the spec, so I wrote my own.
Looking for feedback on what could make this a better read.
Full disclosure: I am currently an intern with the Chapel team at Cray, and I am no shame trying to sell this open source language to the masses. However this is not a product of the internship; one can get surprisingly bored in Seattle, and I wrote this on unoccupied weekends.
- gberger 11y agoRead it for 2 minutes and it taught me how to do basic vars, if, case, for, while... I think this tutorial should show me the unique parts of the language without boring me first.
- klibertp 11y agoThat wouldn't be consistent with other Xs on the site. Alhough I do agree that it would be better to skip the trivialities.
- sirclueless 11y agoIt's easy enough to skip ahead. I like that it doesn't leave any of that out; it's not so tedious that you can't scan for interesting bits, with the rest as reference material. Maybe I am biased from reading on a laptop where scrolling and scanning is easy?
- klibertp 11y ago> Maybe I am biased from reading on a laptop where scrolling and scanning is easy? Probably. I first looked at the page on a tablet, where the viewport is much smaller and so scanning/skimming is much harder. I later got back to the page on a laptop, and I scrolled past uninteresting parts without any problems. One thing I think would be good on learnxinyminutes is an ability to link to a specific line. Is it possible and I just missed it?
- ianbertolacci 11y agoI havent seen anything like that, but I like that idea.