Announcing the OpenGrADS Cookbooks

[Arlindo da Silva]

All,

  Daniel da Silva has contributed a nice form to create Recipes for the
Cookbooks:

       http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=NewRecipe

  This greatly simplifies the process of starting new recipes. Give it a
try.

  Enjoy,

     Arlindo


On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Arlindo da Silva <dasilva at alum.mit.edu>wrote:

> All,
>
> The OpenGrADS Cookbooks <http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/> are now
> available. Inspired by the format of the Perl Cookbook<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_Cookbook>,
> each recipe has a very simple standard format including the statement of
> the *problem* one is trying to solve, followed by the proposed *solution* and
> a *discussion* section. User contributions are highly encouraged (and
> badly needed).
>
> As Hoop reminded me recently, most of us "developers" usually work under
> the hood, we don't drive. The actual expertise in using GrADS is with you
> guys that use it on a daily basis on a variety of problems. The "Cookbooks"
> project is an effort to organize this collective knowledge with an
> easily searchable and extensible wiki. It is our hope that most recipes will
> come out of the GrADS user community, although developers are also expected
> to make contributions from time to time.
>
> The Cookbooks are not meant as a replacement for the excellent on-line
> documentation that Brian and Jennifer maintain at
> http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/index.html. The Recipes contained in the
> Cookbooks simply present the information from a task oriented perspective
> (say, "how to import GrADS data into a spreadsheet") rather than document a
> specific command (say, "set gxout print").  In addition, each recipe is a
> practical example that should be reproducible by the reader. Some people
> learn better this way.
>
> While most recipes may originate from discussions in this list, Cookbooks'
> specific discussion related to the editorial process should be conducted at
> the new list
>
>         opengrads-cooks at lists.sourceforge.net.
>
> The availability of new recipes, and important revisions when completed,
> can still be announced on gradsusr.
>
> For a list of available recipes consult:
>
>        http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents
>
> Instructions for contributing your own recipes are here:
>
>
> http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-001:_Writing_a_Recipe
>
> Please don't feel that you need to have a killer script in order to be
> able to contribute recipes. Keep in mind that simple recipes that are geared
> towards new users are just as valuable as complex PDEF trickery.
>
>    I hope to hear from you soon at opengrads-cooks at lists.sourceforge.net.
>
>    Take care,
>
>    Arlindo da Silva
>    On behalf of the OpenGrADS development team
>
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
>
>


--
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu
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