From: Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 08:27:21 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: some work on the intro
X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/rust-101.git/commitdiff_plain/e726c740aaf22cc99aab03063df3854595bc458c?hp=2707b4455698e461271b2a4253753b6cb5503751

some work on the intro
---

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2e3f3b9..9ce0685 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ You can either read through the sources in ``src/``, or generate the HTML in
 Source, License
 ---------------
 
-You can find the sources in the `git repository`_ and `on GitHub`_. They are 
-provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 
-license (`CC-BY-SA 4.0`_). See the file ``LICENSE-CC`` for more details.
+You can find the sources in the `git repository`_ (also available `on GitHub`_). 
+They are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 
+International license (`CC-BY-SA 4.0`_). See the file ``LICENSE-CC`` for more 
+details.
 
 .. _git repository: http://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git
 .. _on GitHub: https://github.com/RalfJung/rust-101
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 98bf6c1..09a16d1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 // Welcome to Rust-101
 // ===================
 //
-// This is [Rust-101](https://www.ralfj.de/projects/rust-101/), a small tutorial for the [Rust language](http://www.rust-lang.org/).
-// This is intended to be an interactive, hands-on course: I believe the only way to
+// This is [Rust-101](https://www.ralfj.de/projects/rust-101/), a small *work-in-progress*
+// tutorial for the [Rust language](http://www.rust-lang.org/).
+// It is intended to be an interactive, hands-on course: I believe the only way to
 // *really* learn a language is to write code in it, so you should be coding during
-// the course. These documents mainly serve as a guide to the teacher, reminding me
-// what to explain in which order, and making sure I have sample code for all topics
-// I plan to cover. They may also be helpful as an offline resource, but you're on your
-// own then.
+// the course. I am writing this tutorial with a tutorial situation in mind, i.e.,
+// with a teacher being around to guide students through the course and answer
+// questions as they come up. However, I think they may also be useful if you
+// work through them on your own. Just make sure to actually play with the code.
+// If you have any questions, maybe the "Additional Resources" below are useful.
 // 
 // I will assume basic familiarity with programming, and hence not explain the basic
 // concepts common to most languages. Instead, I will focus on what makes Rust special.
@@ -23,6 +25,13 @@
 // When you are done, running `cargo build` in the root of Rust-101 should successfully compile
 // all the code.
 //
+// Getting the source
+// ------------------
+//
+// You are meant to play around with the source code of the course as you go on, so please
+// fetch it from the [git repository](http://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git) (also available
+// [on GitHub](https://github.com/RalfJung/rust-101)).
+//
 // Course Content
 // --------------
 // 
@@ -30,7 +39,8 @@
 // [the first part](part00.html), or jump directly to where you left off:
 // 
 // * [Part 00](part00.html)
-// * [Part 01](part01.html)
+// * [Part 01](part01.html) (WIP)
+// * (to be continued)
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 mod part00;
 mod part01;
@@ -51,3 +61,4 @@ fn main() {
 // * [The Rust Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/)
 // * [Rust by Example](http://rustbyexample.com/)
 // * The [Rust Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/)
+// * For the IRC channel and other forums, see the "Community" section of the [Rust Documentation index](http://doc.rust-lang.org/index.html)