Teaching Tinderbox

Here here! Thank you Mark. I find Tinderbox is at the intersection of art and science. :slight_smile: Perhaps the framework below could help for some that are trying to approach the Tinderbox forum with a question:

My goal, e.g. I’m trying to achieve x, y, or z (the goal can span the gamut…“how do I add a note” to complex query strings, export formats, and query strings).
What I’ve tried, an explanation of what you’ve tried to do, you can include pictures and sample notes/queries/expressions, etc., upload a demo TBX file to illustrate your efforts. Also, can list: My Expected results are and what I ended up with. For example, “I opened up a new file, added a note, and now don’t know what to do,” to “I wrote this export code and it is not working as expected.”
A plea for help, “Can someone help me? I really stuck and don’t know how to move forward.”

There will then be a back and forth…

My personal experience is that the community rises to the occasion and I end with 1) my immediate question/issue addressed, 2) one or methods on how to address my issue, 3) greater clarity and reduced ignorance of myself an the tool (Tinderbox has driven a massive internal discovery and revolution for me), 4) more confidence in using Tinderbox and in tools that work with it to accomplish my goals, 5) gratitude and a new set of tools and experiences I can then use to achieve my current and future goals and to give back to the community, 6) new friends and exposure to ideas, thinking, and concepts not traditionally in my wheelhouse.

I’d like to reference our recent exchange as a good example of this framework in use: Conditional Export for Due Date - #21 by mwra

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