Re: TUTORIAL: Generating Unique ID Strings
Re: TUTORIAL: Generating Unique ID Strings
- Subject: Re: TUTORIAL: Generating Unique ID Strings
- From: Bill Hernandez <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:41:20 -0500
On May 14, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Jens Alfke wrote:
> You don't have to use any particular version control system to use gists. It's just a service provided by GitHub. All it does is let you paste in some source code to create a web page from it, with syntax highlighting and line numbers and everything. Then you can link to it or even inline it into your page.
I tried a page on, but it didn't do the color highlighting, I need to see if there are some options that I need to set, etc.
https://gist.github.com/53cc09788370d2acd21b
https://gist.github.com/2c096e1576c128e12800
I dont have a problem generating any kind of html, or php, I prefer colored syntax similar to my screen captures. I really like the way Cocoa does the Midnight Color Theme.
>> I got a really nasty note from some guy that hated the font I used. Go figure ?
>
> I wasn't going to say anything, but since you're already complaining about people not taking your site seriously:
I wasn't complaining. When I started learning Cocoa I decided I would try to document what I learned from a beginner's perspective, in the hopes that it would help somebody else.
After I had posted a few tutorials I began to notice that several hundred people had at least looked at the messages I posted on the different forums that kept counters, and the AwStats on my hosting service showed that I was getting 30,000 hits a month on my website, I was floored, I had no clue that anybody would even look at my stuff. It made me very happy that maybe some of this stuff was helping others.
Anytime I posted the messages I always asked if possible for some feedback in order to help me make the tutorials more useful, but nobody ever said anything. I understand it takes effort to sit down and give feedback. Since I started doing this I have been more conscious to give others feedback on their efforts. I got three or four nice notes and one ugly one, but no real feedback
As for the font, I happen to like it better that arial, helvetica, lucida, etc., but I will try to find another font that might be an alternative.
> Comic Sans is a poor choice on several levels. It has poor legibility, its silly appearance conflicts with the serious nature of your site, and a lot of people (especially designers) hate it with a passion because it's both poorly designed and incredibly overused by people trying to be cute. So it conveys sort of the same effect as if you were using animated GIFs of sparkly rainbows in the background of your site :)
Thanks for the feedback !
Bill Hernandez
Plano, Texas_______________________________________________
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