N00b Tutorials...

[dclamp]

N00b Tutorials


N00b Tutorials, was started by eSPiYa. I dont know what to write about it, some one help ....

Who's Involved:

• dclamp
• espiya
• timeshifter
• tommygrayson

Tutorial Subjects:

• Visual Basic Classic
• VB .NET
• PHP
• ASP .NET
• C#
• C/C++
• Java

[tommygrayson]

N00b Tutorials


N00b Tutorials, was started by eSPiYa. I dont know what to write about it, some one help ....

Who's Involved:

• dclamp
• espiya
• timeshifter
• tommygrayson

Tutorial Subjects:

• Visual Basic Classic
• VB .NET
• PHP
• ASP .NET
• C#
• C/C++
• Java

Are we going to post our tutorial here? Or are we going to attach our tutorial files here?

[dclamp]

Are we going to post our tutorial here? Or are we going to attach our tutorial files here?

I think, we should get a domain name. and you get to pay for it and hosting

[eSPiYa]

We've got a new server from gate.com and my boss allowed me to install some site but I think it must not be a forum because of the disk size.
It has only 2 160GB harddrives and the service of our company is to serve image, video and audio clips of news.

[eSPiYa]

We may use .TK for domain name.

[tommygrayson]

I think, we should get a domain name. and you get to pay for it and hosting

Nice move. Wait a minute and a hundred years. I will get a domain name in no time.

[si_the_geek]

You may not have noticed this folks, but we have a tutorials section on VBForums (here) which you are more than welcome to post to - and link to as well (which would be debatable for a separate site).

If I notice good articles on the forums I link to them from the relevant FAQ section.. which means your work helps many more people.

[dclamp]

You may not have noticed this folks, but we have a tutorials section on VBForums (here) which you are more than welcome to post to - and link to as well (which would be debatable for a separate site).

If I notice good articles on the forums I link to them from the relevant FAQ section.. which means your work helps many more people.

yeah, but it is more fun to have our own site

[eSPiYa]

I agree w/ dclamp.
Having our own site is a good portfolio, we show our skills.

[si_the_geek]

I don't see how it would be any different - surely the content would be the same?

The only real difference I can see is the number of people who see it, as here you will get many people looking.. our individual FAQ articles have an average of about 1000 views, and so far we don't really have anything which would be useful to as many people as what you are intending to do.

I very much doubt you would get as many visitors on your own site, but of course the choice is yours!

[dclamp]

I don't see how it would be any different - surely the content would be the same?

The only real difference I can see is the number of people who see it, as here you will get many people looking.. our individual FAQ articles have an average of about 1000 views, and so far we don't really have anything which would be useful to as many people as what you are intending to do.

I very much doubt you would get as many visitors on your own site, but of course the choice is yours!

1) This will be like LightFusion... it will die after a while

2) if we did have our own site, AD! MONEY!

3) too many other tutorial sites any who.

[si_the_geek]

1) This will be like LightFusion... it will die after a while

I assumed because of the lower level of complexity (LightFusion seemed way OTT, whereas this is manageable) you'd get this finished (eventually!).

2) if we did have our own site, AD! MONEY!

Except you wouldn't get any visitors - as you wouldn't be allowed to link from here, and people wouldn't find it with a search engine.

3) too many other tutorial sites any who.

True, but if they were good then they'd be in the FAQ's - which would mean thousands of visitors each year (as our FAQ articles are often in the top 10 for relevant searches on the big search engines).

My "How can I use a progress bar?" article was posted on 11-25-2006, and already has over 500 views. A tutorial would be useful to many more people than that one was, so should get even more views.

[dclamp]

I assumed because of the lower level of complexity (LightFusion seemed way OTT, whereas this is manageable) you'd get this finished (eventually!).

Except you wouldn't get any visitors - as you wouldn't be allowed to link from here, and people wouldn't find it with a search engine.

True, but if they were good then they'd be in the FAQ's - which would mean thousands of visitors each year (as our FAQ articles are often in the top 10 for relevant searches on the big search engines).

My "How can I use a progress bar?" article was posted on 11-25-2006, and already has over 500 views. A tutorial would be useful to many more people than that one was, so should get even more views.

Well, i would love to write tutorials. I will most likely submit them to the FAQ. I mean, if some how we got donated a domain name and everything, then it might happen. But i dont plan to do much with it

[dclamp]

hahaha! oh dear oh dear... how this thread was left in the dust, just as the others are :P.

I have tried making a tutorial, and failed

[eSPiYa]

I'm too busy right now for this.

Organizing a team is what I'm doing these past few weeks.

[eranga262154]

I agree w/ dclamp.
Having our own site is a good portfolio, we show our skills.

Even here you can show your skills.

[eranga262154]

I don't see how it would be any different - surely the content would be the same?

The only real difference I can see is the number of people who see it, as here you will get many people looking.. our individual FAQ articles have an average of about 1000 views, and so far we don't really have anything which would be useful to as many people as what you are intending to do.

I agreed with you. The most important thing is that how many people are refereeing your tutorial. More people refer it means, a best one. It's encourage to work on the next one.

[eranga262154]

I have tried making a tutorial, and failed

Try it again pal.

No need to do it withing couple of hours. Take your time and make it well organized. For my tutorial I take three days(around 15 hours), and I failed few times. Change the format around 10times. Even I change the way of organizing it at the time of posting. But at the end I believe that I've done my best.

[eSPiYa]

Me and some members of our team are preparing some tutorials about Hardwares/Softwares/Programming for our WEB Site.

Most of the members of our team are Filipinos, you may join and contribute but it is still not yet organized.
But we are doing our best.

[Lord Orwell]

I like posting here. I am at the top of the results of google with anything i post, good or average.

[eranga262154]

Even me like to post here. But never mind, if anywhere people are like to work on it I'm there. But not ready for the pay....

[eranga262154]

you may join and contribute but it is still not yet organized.
But we are doing our best.

May be a better one. I would like to try it...

Hard work gives a best output.

[si_the_geek]

Try it again pal.

No need to do it withing couple of hours. Take your time and make it well organized. For my tutorial I take three days(around 15 hours), and I failed few times. Change the format around 10times. Even I change the way of organizing it at the time of posting. But at the end I believe that I've done my best.

That's a very good point - tutorials aren't something that you can finish instantly, even if you know the subject really well they still take a fair amount of time to get right. For example, my Excel tutorial was several weeks work, spread over a few months, and included lots of moving/reformatting!

If you want somebody to check what you have done & make suggestions, I'm happy to do that. I can even change the wording of things to make them clearer if you want (I used to do it for NoteMe, and have done it for some FAQs).

If you want to do something "simpler", you could try writing an FAQ article, so that there is less ground to cover.

[eranga262154]

If you want somebody to check what you have done & make suggestions, I'm happy to do that.

I appreciate that pal. You know that, on my first tutorial, I wrote it give it to my father just to check is that required any modification. Then to my sister as well. And finally I put it here. For that whole process I took around two weeks.

I don't know how about it. No one put any feedback to me. But every day I check that how many people refer that. Nice to see that, close to 1000. I don't know everyone of them feel better with it. Anyway it encourage to write the next one.

[si_the_geek]

Unfortunately feedback is rare.. and most of what you get are corrections!

I've just a had a quick look at your tutorial, and I think it's good - there wasn't anything I thought should be changed.

The fact that you have had so many views in a fairly short space of time is the best indicator you can get.. people are obviously finding it useful, and I presume people are linking to it too (if they are willing to recommend it, they must think it is good).

[eranga262154]

Ya, I agreed with you sir.

[nmadd]

I think the tutorial looks very good.
I know very little about binary and hex and I think your posts will help me greatly. I just posted a little something (can't even call it a tutorial after seeing yours ) in the CodeBank and your's puts mine to shame! Well done.

Keep them coming.

[eranga262154]

Thanks pal,

Actually it's not a tutorial which we seen normally. There is no specific questions to workout. Have to move with examples. Anyway I put another post there with few questions and there answers.

[Lord Orwell]

does anyone have a tutorial for someone who is good at programming in general and understands databases and some sql, but has never used ado, crystal reports, or any other method of connecting VB to a database? I use vb.net now and i was able to create a database with relationships but i have no idea how to add data or read data in it, and i would just as soon link into an access database anyway, since the designer is superior.

[si_the_geek]

Try looking in the Database forum - there is a sticky thread containing tutorials etc.

(note that as you are using VB.Net, you should use ADO.Net rather than ADO)

[nmadd]

This one in the Database forum FAQ was quite helpful to me:
http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=466658

I also found these to be quite good as well:
http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=469872
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...60(vs.80).aspx

[si_the_geek]

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=469872

Ooops... I meant to link to that from the DB FAQ's... I'll do it now!

edit: Done, along with two of his other CodeBank entries!