Barry Traver wrote:
> (1) Is RB Garage intended primarily for "professional" programs or are
> less sophisticated contributions welcome?
Submitted listings do not have to meet any kind of certification requirement
or set quality level. In order for a submitted listing to get approved, we
DO require that it is related to REALbasic, made with REALbasic, and/or
would be something that would directly interest REALbasic developers.
With that said, your submitted listings display your name as the author, so
it is in your best interest as a developer to put your best foot forward and
list quality products and developer tools that enhance your public
reputation in the REALbasic community. :-)
But your contributions do not need to be incredibly complex. Many of the
listings at RBGarage.com are simple classes that help REALbasic developers
by enhancing existing controls with some new features.
> (2) How does one submit a program for inclusion in your RB Garage
> library?
Easy... Simply click on the Register button and sign up as a free member.
Once you are a RBGarage.com member, you can add your listings to your "My
Garage" account for free. When logged in, "My Garage" will display your own
listings and show which ones have been approved or are still pending
approval. You can modify your listings at any time -- just log in with your
member username and password. To simply browse or search the site as a
user, you do not have to be logged in.
> (3) I know that RB is cross-platform, but how do you handle the
> cross-platform factor? (For example, I note that some of the files are
> .sit files, but I do not know whether that means or doesn't mean the
> code will work only on the Mac. My own contributions would be for a PC
> with Windows. I hope they'll run on the Mac as well, but I have no
> immediate way of testing that.)
Since developers tend to look for a specific kind of solution first, we
categorize everything according to the function it performs (i.e. - video
editing classes would be located in the Multimedia/Video sub-category).
Developers are responsible for informing users if their listing is
compatible with Mac, Windows, Linux or all of the above. If your listing is
a module of Windows declares that perform system functions, then you would
want to list that in the System/Windows sub-category.
> (4) While we're on the subject, if I do submit something, can I submit
> it as a .zip file, or should it be as a .sit file?
Neither. We do not accept listings with the URL pointing to the direct
download. You need to submit your listing with the URL pointing to the web
page on your site that describes the listing in further detail. On your web
page is where you would include a download link if applicable. That way,
you can offer multiple download links: a .sit for Mac, a .zip for Windows,
etc.
> (5) I'm a hobbyist rather than a professional programmer or a
> "developer." I try, however, to write what is useful. For instance,
> one of my more recent VB programs is intended to help people alphabetize
> groups of Web sites - and the sites within the groups - for a freeware
> Windows Web browser called the Avant Browser. I "cheat" to do the sort,
> because I don't use Quicksort or anything like that: I simply make use
> of a listbox with its sorted property set to true. So the programming
> isn't sophisticated, but the program does illustrate a useful technique
> and has a practical purpose. Would that sort of thing be appropriate
> for RB Garage?
If it is something you feel other REALbasic developers would find
beneficial, then yes. We let our site visitors be the judge of the listings
-- they can rate and review any of the listings. We want RBGarage.com to
remain an objective resource for the community, so we never pass judgment on
submitted listings. We only decline listings that are not appropriate or
are unrelated to REALbasic.
> I tend to specialize in small utilities, educational programs, and games
> of the old-fashioned variety (e.g., boardgames) but usually with an
> unusual twist of one kind of another (such as my "Coney Games," many of
> which are based on Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Recreations" columns
> in the old Scientific American magazine). Would there be likely to be
> interest in such things?
If they are made with REALbasic, then yes. RBGarage.com has a sub-category
for Games within its MwRB Applications category.
If you have any additional RBGarage.com questions, send me an e-mail
off-list or visit the RBGarage.com FAQ page at:
<http://www.rbgarage.com/rbg/index.php?go=help>
Regards,
Dave Wooldridge
RB Garage Webmaster
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