SU Ruby Cheat-sheet

[alexschreyer]

I like working with cheat-sheets. Although the online API docs (and Jim's offline docs) are great, I wanted something printable and concise, too. So here it is. Hope it helps others, too.

http://www.alexschreyer.net/cad/sketchup-ruby-api-cheatsheet/

Please suggest improvements!

Cheers,
Alex

[RunnerPack]

Overall, it looks very nice. Thanks for sharing!

I do see quite a few duplicates, though. Maybe if they were removed it could be printed on fewer sheets.

BTW, what program(s)/techniques were used to make this?

[alexschreyer]

Duh! I should have read this over before posting. Thanks, RunnerPack for the tip. The duplicates are now removed and everything fits nicely on 5 pages.

I'll make another version soon that is even more condensed. I like this layout, though, because I can add something to each line.

what program(s)/techniques were used to make this?

I like using PSPad for coding. I used its "find in files" to iterate over Jim's download and then used a simple RegEx find and replace to extract the lines. The final document is a four-column word layout.

Cheers,
Alex

[Jim]

Didn't someone put all this in a mind map?

[remus]

You thinking of Scotts objects diagram? http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/diagram.html

If so it only has classes and observers, not methods.

[alexschreyer]

I made another version of the same sheet. This one is more condensed and prints on three pages.

http://www.alexschreyer.net/cad/sketchu ... heatsheet/

I think it would be a great addition to a cheat sheet to have a sample mini-plugin added as well. Is there already an accepted "framework" out there?

Cheers,
Alex

[Jim]

I wonder how it would look in a compact little WebDialog.

[chrisglasier]

I wonder how it would look in a compact little WebDialog.

... a compact animated little WebDialog like this perhaps, where coding terminology is substituted for names of real objects and groupings:

Basic machine.png

[alexschreyer]

Good idea to put it into a webdialog. Actually, Jim, you could add a list of objects/methods to your webconsole and make those clickable so that they automatically get inserted into the editor.

FYI: I updated the cheatsheet for the new (7.1) functions.

Cheers,
Alex

[chrisglasier]

... Actually, Jim, you could add a list of objects/methods to your webconsole and make those clickable so that they automatically get inserted into the editor.

I think it possible to double click on a machine name to insert into your webconsole. Perhaps we can "discuss" over the newly-found collaborative editor?

Chris

[Jim]

Good idea to put it into a webdialog. Actually, Jim, you could add a list of objects/methods to your webconsole and make those clickable so that they automatically get inserted into the editor.

Alex, can you share the data used for the cheat-sheet? It would save some work for sure. Chris Glasier and I would like to experiment with creating a dialog.

[alexschreyer]

Great to hear you want to try this out. I'll post a text file with the entire list later today.

Cheers, Alex

[alexschreyer]

Here ya go. This file is the 7.0 list, so you'll have to add the new functions.

Cheers,
Alex

[chrisglasier]

Web dialog people please see this post.

[chrisglasier]

First UI combo.png

Here is a first shot at marrying the looks and basic funtionality of a screen machine with Jim's web console.

Both are separate and both can be moved and resized independently.

The console's textareas are set proportionately but the menu space is fixed. Perhaps there could be another menu item for preferences and another to open the machine. Both are cosmetic.

I think the machine will have three columns to start with:

1 - Display options - abc, frequently used, switch, console display options (parent, words, snippets, comments, complaints - the menu in the console would need to change to suit). Maybe display options could be done with tabs in the console but they will take needed space.
2 - Classes
3 - Methods

The columns of course move so no need for scrollbars.

But all can be changed!

edit: added: http://collabedit.com/display?id=38563