Re: Default Namespace

[Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo at ttmail dot com>]

Hi,

First, thanks for your prompt reply and detailed explanations.

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
> This all needs to be documented better. I'm working on it!

While you're on it, actually a "Getting Started" tutorial briefly
explaning below subjects will be really useful.

- How one can organize file hierarchy of a Kawa project? How can
  Makefile and build.xml be prepared and placed?

- What's the general/common use case of namespaces and modules and how
  one can divide his/her project into logical parts using these idioms?

- A small paragraph length of code example involving samples about
  Java-Scheme object/type interaction and Scheme type declarations.

I know that the documentation mentions about the above last two
subjects, but not in a single paragraph, easy to capture the concept
style. To be honest, Kawa documentation covers the topics that don't
intersect with the R5RS really in depth, but there is no hands-on
introduction to the environment. One needs to fully read a dozen of
"Languare Reference" chapters to be able to grasp a small part of the
fundamentals. Nowadays, every programming language has a small
tutorial-like "How to implement Reddit/Wordpress/X/Y/Z in Q/W/T?"
page. I don't say Kawa should follow the hype, but at least Kawa should
have some practical, real world use tutorials.


Regards.