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How to get started guide: Add "prerequisite knowledge" section #16

Closed jenniferdavidson closed 10 years ago

jenniferdavidson commented 10 years ago

At the beginning of the guide, I feel like it'd be a good idea to include a prerequisite knowledge section and include links to good tutorials on those things.

Beginning Knowledge

  1. Privly's primarily language is Javascript. Our example content server is written in Ruby on Rails.
  2. Know what Privly is:
  3. Watch this (it's okay if you don't get this yet):
  4. Learn how to use IRC:
  5. Learn how to use Git:
jenniferdavidson commented 10 years ago

Added this:

  1. What's Privly? Watch this introductory video (under 2 minutes). Also, watch this technical teaser trailer (a little over 2 minutes), but don't worry if you don't understand it. Privly is a framework for allowing you to post encrypted content anywhere on the web. Right now, Privly is essentially a bunch of browser extensions. We've also provided an example content server. Privly's primary language is Javascript. Our example content server is written in Ruby on Rails.
  2. How do I report bugs against this documentation?
  3. How do I IRC? If you've never used IRC before, you may find it help to check out this documentation.
  4. How do I GitHub? If you've never used GitHub, check out this documentation.
  5. Here's a system overview on our Wiki. If you already know about extension development, we recommend you skip this guide and check out the Wiki.