Hello all, As the subject says, I am surprised at the participation level in this workshop. I just looked at the sign up thread and see 18 pages of people "participating." I got one question for all those who signed up as "students" WHERE THE HELL ARE YA?? When Week 1 started, things took off. Tons of info in that first week. So much of it was way over my head and subsequently jwalsh made a separate thread for those who are new to programming in general. Despite the depth of the comments during that first week, I still read each and every thread and reply within those threads. Now we are in Week 3, changed texts, but its still a free text. Very few people had questions in week 2, or cared to comment or ask questions if they did. Week 3 seems to have slowed way down also. This new text has lowered my question output a bit, because the text is alot easier to read and comprehend. I do however plan on reading the Specs also, just for my own additional learning. Now, I am a noob to most of this programming stuff aside from 1 year of college VB.NET, and I am sure I ask some pretty bone headed questions at times (and with enough beer consumed). I suppose I am just venting a bit, because I can see how much time and effort that was put into this workshop, and am just astounded by 18 pages of people signing up yet participation seems low. I suppose that maybe everyone just completely understands what they are reading and have absolutely no questions at all. I guess I am just venting a bit and dont mean to piss anyone off, just wanted to get that off my chest. Thanks for reading, Shawn

Indeed. It's always a little dissapointing to see how few questions there are. Especially when you consider the time commitment it takes.

To give people an idea of how much time it takes me...

1. Read Chapters & Write Introduction: ~2 hours (x10)
   
2. Write Chapter Review Questions: ~2-3 hours (x10)
   
3. Write Chapter Exercises: ~3-4 hours (x10)
   
4. Writing Project Description ~4-8 Hours (x5)
   
5. Implement Projects ~2-5 days (x5)
   

On the high end, that's a max of 330 hours of work put into the workshop...not counting the time I spend answering questions.

For those doing the math, that's roughly 40, 8-hour days spent working on the Workshop. In addition to having a full-time job and family.

I do these workshops because I enjoy helping out the GDNet community, not because I'm trying to find something to do with my free time. [grin]

So if you're silently looming, but have been wanting to ask questions, please do so. It's what makes all the prep time actually worth it.

Cheers!

I'm participating. I just read slow as dirt. Actually I should have answered those Week 1 Questions.