Today's blog post over on gtkDcoding.com is about using a GTK dialog for saving a file. You can find it here: http://gtkdcoding.com/2019/05/24/0038-file-save-dialog.html

Almost forgot...

I also redid the titles for all posts to clarify and group them under various themes.

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 09:52:38 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
> Today's blog post over on gtkDcoding.com is about using a GTK dialog for saving a file. You can find it here: http://gtkdcoding.com/2019/05/24/0038-file-save-dialog.html

Interesting posts you have.

I might not be the first one to ask for this, but including some screen shots when talking about UI is usually a good idea.

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 10:09:06 UTC, Radu wrote:

> Interesting posts you have.
Thanks.

> I might not be the first one to ask for this, but including some screen shots when talking about UI is usually a good idea.
You're right; you're not. :)

I'm still debating this idea, but I won't say I'm adamantly opposed to it. Research into how people learn seems to support both sides of the argument: should imagery be included or not?

And I suppose if I ever pull all this stuff together into a book, it'll be expected.

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 11:06:47 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:

> I'm still debating this idea, but I won't say I'm adamantly opposed to it. Research into how people learn seems to support both sides of the argument: should imagery be included or not?
>
> And I suppose if I ever pull all this stuff together into a book, it'll be expected.

For learning it is important so you can immediately have a reference to compare against.

But there is also the marketing effect, these posts will be more inviting for newcomers, especially ones coming from no D experience. Might worth considering even for this reason as your posts could be a powerful marketing tool for D.

Good luck with your book!

On Friday, 24 May 2019 at 11:19:14 UTC, Radu wrote:

> But there is also the marketing effect, these posts will be more inviting for newcomers, especially ones coming from no D experience. Might worth considering even for this reason as your posts could be a powerful marketing tool for D.

Yup, that's what the research says *in favour of* images.

However, other research indicates that images slow down learning because the learner gets complacent. Rather than engaging in deep learning, they glance at the image, copy-n-paste the code, and never truly understand what they're working with. At some point down the road, they get into trouble because they don't have that deep understanding and they abandon any further efforts.

So, that's the dilemma. Both arguments seem sound to me, so that's why I'm still on the fence.