[WIP] XBMC Beginners Guide (PDF)

Do you know any guide for xbmc programmer / a good guide for skinner ?
The guide should be targeting completely new programmer/skinner to xbmc.

For those having issues getting the PDF, I put a copy on mediafire.

AYColumbia Wrote:For those having issues getting the PDF, I put a copy on mediafire.

Good job AYColumbia - and welcome. Obviously many were having difficulty accessing this. +1

Can someone please put it somewhere other than mediafire - mediafire is often filtered out on shared net connections (universities, work etc.)

xbmc.org is happy to host - DDDamian just ping TheUni for an upload.

@gollumscave: Did we ever get the source files for this so that others can continue in your absence?

Cheers,
Jonathan

@jmarshall - file uploaded to XBMC GitHub downloads page: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/downloads

Perfect - thanks

other links

http://www.filedropper.com/xbmcbeginnersguide05

Hi just wanted to say many thanks for putting this beginners guide together. I have just been using XBMC on and off for about 6 weeks and was gradually getting the hang of it. The guide just filled in a few bits and made it clearer - particularly with basic set up.

One thing could be included - which is the idea that you can easily 'Remove' a source and re-add it without any harm being done. As a beginner, you sometimes wonder what pressing a 'Remove' button will do. Of course........it only 'removes' the library entry - not the source media file! And re-adding source is very quick - compared to other applications (in my experience).

It is well written and easy to follow. Much appreciated.

Now to the Advanced Guide!

(2012-03-02 12:06)gollumscave Wrote:  This guide will not be completed. I have started working on the Eden guide but am lacking time as always...
The guide is made in..... hold on to your hat.... "Word..."

I am sure making a guide with help of the community is an option, and it will surely be something that is useful, but the endresult would be more like the current "wiki"... The advantage of a guide written by one user is that you have the whole thing written in one style. Knowing how stuff works is just 50% of creating a guide. Knowing how to translate and write it into understandable words and keep it interresting to read is just as hard as understanding the subject you're writing about...

Hi

Many thanks for taking the time to write this beginners guide, I will certainly be reading it and hope to learn some things!

Any news on an updated guide for Eden ?

Cheers

CW-KID

Just read through the guide, thanks very much!

Would it be fair to say that the guide is still uptodate being a year old? Also where can I get the advanced guide, discussed in this one?

Thanks again.