Thinking about maybe teaching another scripting class

[Mr. Wallet]

Like I did last summer and the summer before that. I'm coming up on a stretch of free time so I was like, well maybe people want this again.

What do you think? Also, what do your friends think who don't visit this forum but might be interested in scripting? Tell them about this thread so they can chime in.

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[TripleNickels]

Eh, if you enjoy it I'd say go for it. I wouldn't do it if you didn't enjoy it because the benefits are minimal as most of them will never become really skilled scripters.

R.I.P. NiXiLL

[Gadgethm]

I'd enjoy it, even though I know the basics already.  The main difficulty I have with scripting currently is that I can't normally create my own code off the top of my head, I have to look up meanings or check some other script to see how to do it.

[Xalos]

I'd enjoy it, even though I know the basics already.  The main difficulty I have with scripting currently is that I can't normally create my own code off the top of my head, I have to look up meanings or check some other script to see how to do it.

$whee = "Earth ";
function forumcmdHuh(%cl)
{
   %foo = "What ";
   %baz = "you ";
   %bar = "mean?";
   %cl.makePost(%foo@"on "@$whee@"do "@%baz@%bar);
}
forumcmdHuh(findForumerByName(Xalos));


What on Earth do you mean?

[Blocker Ctgr]

I would love it 

[slimabob]

I have no idea how to script and would love to learn how to.

I like this idea.

[heedicalking]

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[otto-san]

if you made up some sort of schedule for what you'd be teaching on the days i'd tune in

[Destiny/Zack0Wack0]

I can help.

[TripleNickels]

I can help.

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[Mr. Wallet]

Last time we crashed through in like a week, almost half as long as the year before, and it felt a little unsatisfying. I didn't know if the students had actually learned or just been tricked into thinking they had. If I do it again, I might try to have some kind of "homework" where people can be fed ideas for good projects to put into practice what they're learning.

[Daenth]

I would enjoy this again, especially with a wider knowledge of coding.
I still refer to a bunch of your concepts from last year. :)

[Demian]

I have wanted to participate in this every year but was unable because you hosted the classes between 3AM-7AM. In summer. That usually the time you go to bed.

[Mr. Wallet]

Last year I thought I'd be accommodating Europeans because I did it for Americans 2 years ago... then enough new Americans showed up over the course of a year that they still outnumbered Europeans.

[Mr. Wallet]

OK yeah I'm gonna do this. How's every day at 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific sound? That's what polls found to be ideal for the most people last time.

Working on the syllabus now. I did the same thing 2 years in a row and have a pretty good idea of what people need the most time to get their heads around, and I'm gonna try and rearrange things to make those concepts easier. It's like, there's 2 concepts, A and B, and to fully understand one, you need to understand the other, so whichever is covered 2nd will be easier. In some cases I picked the wrong one to go first. I can also use knowledge of how long things take to avoid too many tough concepts at once.