Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker Users' Knowledge Base, AmiBroker Email List Archive

Except for the official references all of the free code you will find on the Internet is generously donated by users. The problem is that most of these items are undocumented or are documented inside the code. This is what make finding stuff so difficult. It is easy to search for "PositionSize(" and get some hits but such searches only answer syntax and basic usage questions. So, while users generously donate code, their code is inefficiently distributed and rarely used. In many cases you might as well drag your code into your Recycling Bin.

Adding tutorial content to your code and posting it in an appropriate category on the UKB will increase usage of your work many fold.

It will take some behavior modification for users to realize the inefficiency of the current code distribution system; it sucks!

The extra effort will result in a payback that will follow with some delay; but it will definitely follow and reward you with comments and related solutions that will be posted by readers.

Bottom line: If you really want to have your code used and you want to raise the performance level of the AmiBroker community, publish it on the UKB. It is simply the most effective way to share code and ensure its usage - if that is your objective.

The UKB is NOT for the elite AmiBroker user. Anyone can comment! The greatest ideas come from newcomers who enter TA with an unbiased approach and who dare to speak up. I speak from personal experience; when I came to TA from the electronics field many of my ideas were sniggered at...some are now common place and supported by build-in functions.

I foresee a translation button on the site that will allow posting in any language, there are many European countries that have AmiBroker groups. The scope of the UKB site is only limited by your imagination...

Brian when talking about UKB, I like what I see. But there is a 'but'. What I would

like to have is a kind of online search engine that covers all AmiBroker sources.

When I have a problem with AmiBroker and/or AFL and am looking for an answer,

I must do 10 and more search actions before getting that answer. In most cases

the requested information is available but it takes a lot of time to get it out of the

scattered sources. With UKB there is an extra source and therefore an extra

search action needed. Why not getting things under one umbrella ?

Regards, Ton.

----- Original Message -----

From: brian_z321

To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:47 AM

Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker Users' Knowledge Base

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "Michael.S.G." <OzFalconAB@xxx>

wrote:

> Hi Herman,

> You can merge

http://www.amibroke r.org/3rdparty/AB_Trading_Framework/

> into UKB if you think it will fit in anywhere.

Hello Michael,

I haven't read the framework as yet.

Yes, we would love to have your contributions at the UKB in their own

right but also to consolidate.

I hope you will become an Author; you would be ideal for that role.

Over at the UKB the party hasn't started. We are still setting up and

the party lights are in the box in the floor if you know what I mean.

IF anyone wants to get involved with the dirty work they are welcome

but that isn't essential.

You can just sign the the Contributor Agreement, send Herman an email

asking to join the AmiBroker-UKB and start writing (as long as you

can ignore the background noise that Herman and I are making as we

build the stage then there won't be a problem).

We haven't decided on what we will do if people want us to upload

stuff for them. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

I am not saying we won't do it but at the moment we can't.

We would prefer if people become Authors and post their own stuff as

we don't have the bodies or the systems in place to provide an upoad

service (not at the moment anyway).

The mechanics of how to do that can be discussed within the AmiBroker-

UKB.

> Sorry I havn't been following UKB discussions, Can you explain the

> relation of

> http://www.amibroke <http://www.amibroke r.org/userkb/>r.org/userkb/

> <http://www.amibroke r.org/userkb/> and

> http://www.amibroke r.org/3rdparty/UKB/

We haven't discussed these points but as I understand it:

The UKB is built on the free software program WordPress.

The software is customizeable to some extent.

AmiBroker is the administrator for the UKB and has installed

WordPress on .org as the host site. It has been tweaked to suit our

needs.

Nothing has been said about the thirdparty site.

I assume that AB will continue with it as before; an FTP site for

those who want to share files etc via that path.

Personally I will be taking down the UKB demo structure that I put

there for discussion use while the UKB was in its formative stages.

It looks like I might leave one UKB folder there as we don't have a

file section at the AmiBroker-UKB and so we have a need for a place

to swap files amongst the Authors.

In the longer term, as the UKB grows, the need for FTP file sharing

might actually grow.

Maybe someone will come in and push a project that will give us a

more efficient way to manage file sharing in conjunction with the UKB.

Who nows?

It comes down to the users, their needs and how good a case they can

put up to Tomasz.

> & how do you find UKBfrom the main AmiBroker site?

There is no link at present.

Murthyuresh posted on this point.

It has been put on the discussion list at the Authors forum.

I get the impression that Tomasz is in the middle of a bout of

intense programming at the moment ( I wonder what he could be

writing?).

He looks after us well at the UKB but we only get our share of

attention.

When he can get to it I am sure he will let us know what he has

decided to do on this one.

Thanks for your interest, questions and offer of the 'framework'.

Brian.