[lively-kernel] Lively "cheat sheet"

[Lincke, Jens]

Hi, Steve

a point in Lively can be constructed using „pt(100,10)“
so try „this.moveBy(pt(100,10))“

We could have made the moveBy method more clever in accepting more kind of arguments, but as I remember we did not do it due to performance reasons.
Maybe nowadays this should not make a difference any more.

Best, Jens

Am 05.11.2013 um 00:12 schrieb Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com<mailto:sthomas1 at gosargon.com>>:

Thank you, this is very helpful.  I have been wanting to try and figure out how to use Lively in the same way I use Etoys with kids, but haven't had/made the time to learn the things I need to know.  This definitely helps reduce the learning time.

One thing I was trying to do was to perform some basic "turtle" commads like moveBy, when I opened the inspector and tried this.moveBy(10)  it always moved to 0,0 no matter what number I entered.  I then say the cheat sheet said moveBy(point)  so I tried moveBy(100,10) and still the same behavior.

It would be great if at some point the cheatsheet had links for each "cheat" to a tutorial/example page.


Thanks,
Stephen
P.S. At some point it would be great if there were scripting tiles :)


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Robert Krahn <robert.krahn at gmail.com<mailto:robert.krahn at gmail.com>> wrote:
To provide a concise overview of the most needed interfaces when working with Lively I have assembled a small list here:

http://lively-web.org/users/robertkrahn/lively-cheat-sheet.html

You are very welcome to extend the list or make extension requests.

Best,
Robert

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