Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting Sarted
The Getting Started guides aren't an ideal place to get started. In spite of the name, most guides are collections
of links to the more detailed programming guides, surrounded by sparse extra information. These guides are
factually accurate, but they gloss over many of the details and techniques used in actual programming practice.
You can use them as orientation material that introduces key concepts and mentions useful classes, but you
usually need to dig deeper and wider to fill in the gaps while coding. Figure 6.7 shows the Getting Started with
Graphics and Animation document.
FIGURE 6.7
Don't think of the Getting Started guides as introductions to practical coding. But you can use
them as outline orientations, and as very brief and abstract introductions to key OS features.
