[Grok-dev] Re: grok tutorial

[Kevin Teague]

Some feedback on the Grok tutorial (now up at http:// 
grok.quintagroup.com/tutorial.html):

  * The tutorial is aimed at a very newbie developer - awesome! I  
spend a lot of time at work assisting developers who are very new to  
both Python and Web development in general, so it's great to have  
some very basic docs for Grok that won't make them run away and hide :)

* When ReST is converted to HTML, the sidebars are styled with  
"float: right". I've set the headlines to "clear: both" so we don't  
get run-on sidebars that float over other elements of the page and  
generally look weird. However, with "float: right" the sidebar should  
be started *just after* the headline. If they are at the bottom of  
the passage they are floating all by themselves. I've moved them  
around for now in the static page, but next time the HTML is  
regenerated they should be moved up.

  * This is kind of a minor, picky thing, but I'm not fond of the use  
of semicolons in the body text. Many years ago I used to do graphic  
design for a magazine, and we had an editor who was very opposed to  
any forms of punctuation other than the comma and the period. His  
point was that everyone had a different idea of what a semicolon  
meant, and even if you were dealing with folks who were educated in  
the forms of grammer, the semicolon is a still vague creature that  
can't decide if it wants to be a period or a comma.

  * The "Installing easy_install" link in the sidebar is kind of  
long, and breaks out of the page on my browser. I could try fudging  
around with the CSS, but it would probably read better if this:

  If you don't already have easy_install available, you can find the  
script to set it up here:

Was rewritten as:

  If you don't already have easy_install available, you can find the  
script on the [link to site here]PEAK EasyInstall page[end link].

  * The tutorial page is quite large - lots of information is good,  
but it'd be nice to break this up into several pages. I'd like to  
configure/skin a Plone Help Center and drop that tutorial into  
Tutorial content type object, but I'm going to do some more touching  
up on the static site before thinking about how to tackle a dynamic  
Grok site.

  * The tutorial is looking great so far!