Talk:Lessons

I am about to start a series of scripting tutorials starting from the very basics and building up into more advanced topics, all in order, and all in a series form. Each tutorial will be called a lesson, and its name will be something like this: "index.php/Lesson:Variables". The "index.php/Lesson" page will be the HQ for all the pages keeping them all organized. Unlike the rest of the tutorials on the site, these will be in the form of a series, where the lessons build up over time. Any help would be appreciated...

Mattchewy (talk • contribs)

01:46, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Are you proposing that we should have a Lesson namespace?

^{Posted by blocco (talk) on Nov 16, 2010 (Tuesday) at 02:12 (UTC) [Discuss format]}

Yea, pretty much. Whatever makes it as organized as possible.

Mattchewy (talk • contribs)

02:15, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Either that, or something like "index.php/Lessons/Variables"

Mattchewy (talk • contribs)

02:18, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I like the subdirectories idea AND the namespace idea. I'm ultimately voting on subdirectories because it is easier to set up and you can have a base for everything and it can branch out.

^{Posted by blocco (talk) on Nov 16, 2010 (Tuesday) at 02:20 (UTC) [Discuss format]}

Subdirectories aren't a good idea. For one, they're stongly discouraged by wikipedia. Go with the (pseudo)namespace, and then categorize them, just to be extra safe

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

20:33, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good. I'm going to need lots of help with these, but it will work out :)

Mattchewy (talk • contribs)

02:21, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Let's see an outline. You can't start writing until you know what's going where. --Anaminus 02:24, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

My Proposed Outline.

^{Posted by blocco (talk) on Nov 16, 2010 (Tuesday) at 02:35 (UTC) [Discuss format]}

Here is what I was thinking: The main Lesson page will be a brief introduction into Lua and an explanation of how powerful it can be. Then all of the lessons will be categorized into easy, medium, and hard sections with links to all of the lessons. Each lesson will have an introduction into the topic and at least 1 example of a productive way the current topic can be used in a real situation. The the lesson will explain the topic, etc. At the end of each lesson, there will be at least 5 assignment questions on the current topic that the user can answer if they would like. Here is the proposed structure:

• Lessons
  • Topic
    • Introduction(with real lift scripting examples, etc)
    • Main Lesson
    • Assignment Questions(at least 5)
    • See Also

At the end, we might would even want to add a glossary with scripting terms and definitions and the pages that the definition was covered

I probably forgot some stuff, so give me some feedback.

Mattchewy (talk • contribs)

02:51, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

That's a nice structure you have there, but it's no outline. When I say what goes where, I mean which lesson will explain which aspect, what order to put them in, etc. This will actually require some thinking. This project is something that wont be successful unless you have a plan. Especially if it's a group effort (why do you think the wiki's a mess?). You're already jumping the gun here. Here's a simplified example:

Lession 1: Variables
Lession 2: Types
Lession 3: Expressions

Once you all agree on a good outline, assign each person to write an article. --Anaminus 02:59, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Yea, I get what your saying now. I will try to make a really good list tomorrow. I g2g for tonight, though.

Mattchewy (talk • contribs)

03:04, 16 November 2010 (UTC)