SV: [ic] advise on getting started with Interchange

[Ulf Holt]

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> Fra: Jess Van Tassell [mailto:jav@vh.net]
> Sendt: 13. juni 2002 21:04
> Til: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
> Emne: [ic] advise on getting started with Interchange
> 
> 
> 
> After lurking on the group for several months, and messing 
> around with a test
> installation of Interchange 4.8.5, I've come to the 
> conclusion that this is 
> truly
> a great piece of software. Kudos to all the developers and 
> contributors. I 
> admire
> how far they've brought this product, and how well they've 
> maintained it's 
> power
> and flexibility, and especially it's open source. There are still 
> shortcomings,
> especially in the documentation, but I'll think many will 
> agree...most users
> and implementors of Interchange find most of the shortcomings are in
> themselves.
> 
> Getting to the point, I'd like to throw this question out to 
> people like 
> Mike Heins,
> Ed La France, Kevin Walsh, John Beima, cfm@maine.com, Racke, who have
> either developed or mastered this software. (please excuse me 
> for leaving 
> people
> out, I am just naming the most helpful and prolific 
> individuals on the 
> mailing list
> off the top of my head.)
> 
> What does a newbie need to understand and learn to be able to 
> use and customize
> Interchange for themselves? The existing documentation speaks 
> to a certain 
> level
> of expertise, what expertise is that, and how does one build 
> oneself up to 
> that?
> Obvoiusly, some of it is Linux/BSD administration, Apache and 
> HTML, and most
> people who attempt to integrate Interchange with their 
> business have this
> background. What is the magic ingredient for a beginner to 
> stir into this 
> soup to
> make ITL start making sense?
> 
> It would be great if the IC site said specifically on it 
> "Experience in 
> Linux, Apache
> and Perl are necessary to do any modifications of this 
> product." It is rather
> misleading, after all, it gives detailed explanations of 
> using CVS, then skips
> to giving Perl-like ASP calls in the ITL documentation. Why 
> hold someone's
> hand to install, then leave them in the dust for implementation?
> 
> It would be to the advantage of Interchange to have a few 
> hundred more people
> who can configure and make complex modifications to an Interchange
> store to meet the needs of businesses. I am asking now, how 
> do I get there?
> 
> Thank you for reading this far,
> -Jess
> 
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I have the same feeling my self. Have got some help from Mike Heins to start, but want to be able to do things on my own. This list is GREATE, but I feel the documentation could be better.

Ulf