Blue Book Reprint - Chapters 1 to 3 (For your review)

Well after formatting Chapters 1 through 3 I thought it'll be best if I uploaded the PDF for you guys to review before I go ahead and do the rest of the guide - it would be pretty annoying to have to go back and change the style of the entire book after it's done.

Here's the PDF file (You'll need Adobe Reader to read it), for you guys to look over. Suggestions and comments are more than welcome.

DownloadPDF (Right Click and select 'Save As')

Posted by AZA on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 06:12AM - 6 comments / Members say: yea +0, nay -0
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#6 AZA:  

Yeah the point of the snippet is the 'hello world' program, and putting ..() would confuse the newbie. ..() is introduced in a later chapter. It might worth putting a note about how the Login() should be edited to include it once it's introduced, though.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 06:05PM

#5 SuperAntx:  

I remember there was a discussion about that on the old BYOND Bwicki. I think it all came down to ..() wasn't the point of the snippet.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 04:06PM

#4 Oldbie:  

Shouldn't your 'hello world' snippet look like this:

mob/Login()
..()
world << "Hello, world!"

PS, the tabs are not showing.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 03:58PM

#3 AZA:  

I thought the orange would work because Orange is one of BYOND's style colours. But if another people say so I'll change it to something more subtle.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 03:42PM

#2 SuperAntx:  

"Page Intentionally Left Blank"
...Wait a minute.

What's with the orange table backgrounds? It's kinda neat to highlight the "lessons," but maybe use a less vibrant color? How about a lighter blue like the cover.

Page 30: icon_state breaks off at the end of the page.
Page 31: visibility (obsolete) is listed.
Page 31: contents breaks off at the end of the page.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:47AM

#1 Techgamer:  

Grammatical error page 6: "would be a lot more funthan" should be "would be a lot more fun than"

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 07:00AM