What's a learning curve and why is steep not hard?
Aug 25, 2011 · Learning curve is the rate at which knowledge can can acquired. A new developer on a complex system will likely experience a steep learning curve as they will have a lot to learn before they can become productive. By implication an experienced developer may experience a shallow learning curve if they are familiar with a system.
c# - How bad is the WPF Learning Curve? - Stack Overflow
Nov 25, 2011 · As you might be able to infer from my question history, I definitely have found it to be a steep learning curve. You describe my experience almost exactly. As a full-time student (in math and physics, not software engineering) who only does WPF programming for hobbyist applications, it's been rather frustrating.
editor - What are the benefits of learning Vim? - Stack Overflow
Feb 28, 2009 · I'm in the same situation as you, and as a beginner to Vim I originally found it a little daunting - the learning curve seems steep. From what I've learned in just a few hours I'm already feeling like I won't be able to live without it. Here are a few links that I've found for useful Vim screencasts to show you what it's capable of.
Installshield or Wix - Stack Overflow
Jul 1, 2010 · Wix is close to the metal: you can usually apply your knowledge of Windows Installer quite directly to Wix. Conversly, learning Wix teaches you a lot about Windows Installer which is always good when it comes to providing support for deployments. To balance this, there are a few things to be aware of: Wix does have a steep learning curve.
How's the ActionScript2 -> ActionScript3 learning curve?
Sep 19, 2008 · Once you feel confident with some of these new aspects of the language you can begin extending prior classes or creating new ones. Actionsscript3 may have a steep learning curve, but the opposite side of the hill is almost equally as steep!. After you have your eye opening, "OH, I GET IT!" moment, it is an addictive and thrilling ride.
NSSound-like framework that works, but doesn't require dealing …
Aug 24, 2010 · The learning curve is very steep because the documentation is fairly sparse. If you don't mind Objective-C++ I've written a framework for this kind of thing: SFBAudioEngine . If you wanted to play a sound with my code here is how you could do it:
State machine versus RTOS for microcontrollers - Stack Overflow
Jan 5, 2012 · This appears to be for programming embedded systems graphically. By doing so, the author claims that the resulting code is more maintainable than if an RTOS had been employed. This tool is based on UML, which is nice to know, but has a steep learning curve. I would like to know what some of the more experienced programmers here think of this tool.
Why should I use Core Data for my iPhone app? - Stack Overflow
Dec 10, 2009 · The learning curve is definitely steep, and its stopping me from doing simple tasks such as, retrieve a list of products in autocompletion based on the product code numbers typed in so far. Does something as simple as that require the use of …
What enterprise-class open source CMS has the steepest (easiest ...
Aug 10, 2009 · A "steep" graph of knowledge vs. time means a large increase in knowledge over a short period of time - a steeper curve indicates easier learning, not harder. – Dave Sherohman Commented Aug 2, 2009 at 14:24
time - What's the learning curve for Android? - Stack Overflow
Jul 23, 2010 · But to directly answer your question: The learning curve is what you make of it. If you apply yourself and your serious about getting an app out, and dont give up when you cant grasp something the first time around, its just like learning a second programming language.