Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Address Books

Hi :)
I think a tutorial or YouTube series or something on how to set-up a simple address book would be 
an excellent way to introduce people to Base.  Is anyone up to the challenge?  

The Documentation Team might be able to offer some help with it.  If it could be a done as a 
YouTube-type video series then there might be additional advantages to the writer/creator.  Please 
get in touch with the Docs Team to find out more about the video tutorials for other specific tasks 
too :)

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Fri, 16/3/12, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

From: Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Address Books
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Friday, 16 March, 2012, 11:57

Am 16.03.2012 11:09, Nino Novak wrote:
> On Thursday 15 March 2012, 21:49:10 Andreas Säger wrote:
>
> > First you need some database up and running. The creation of a database
> > requires expert skills and appropriate software tools for the database
> > type in question.
>
> IMHO, we should offer a really *short* tutorial on how to create a simple
> address book with LibreOffice.
>
> It could be used as reference on how to use Base.
>
> Don't you think, that this would help much more than saying, that it requires
> expert skills?
>
> Nino


Again, this is *impossible*. You can not describe how to do that by means  of features. You have to 
describe the process by means of data.

There are plenty of references on how to use Base. There are thousands of resources on relational 
database design in general. This is not a problem. The problem is that too many people try to learn 
this by doing. But this is something where you need to know some basics before you can do anything.

Yes, database design is development work. IT professionals earn their living with this.
No, there is no "intuitive" way to define abstract data structures even when you pay for a full 
featured development suite. The result should be inutuitive but not the development process.


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