Re: Ease of use (was RE: Here is my Centipede scepticism)

Adam Jack wrote:
> Ease of use/learning curve problems, now that is a discussion topic worth
> serious time & communication...
> 
> This implementation of Centipede is a beautiful idea disguised behind gobs
> of well meaning clutter. We need to trim centipede to the bone, to show
> users the simple value and reduce the learning curve. It is that simple.

Ah, excellent.

I think what you need to do is to write two types of
tutorials. One where a team has the luxury of being able
to start from scratch. Show them why the extra effort of
learning Centipede will pay off.

Then you need another tutorial which you base upon an
existing ant file, where you show a step by step
refactoring to Centipede, and why it also would pay off.
I think it must be a step by step tutorial, in true
refactoring fashion, where the whole script is working
after each consecutive step, so that a gradual conversion
is possible. Otherwise you would have to rewrite it all
over a weekend, which isn't overly appetizing.

I know ant fairly well, so I'm a good potential customer
of such a tutorial, so please send it over to me, if you
write it, and have it ready for review!

Mats




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