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FNDTV
Visitor
13 years ago

No Developer Experience

Hello all,
We are a not-for-profit and want to create our own channels on Roku to have full control and make them more advanced over time, but have no one in-house with developer or programer experience.
Have done html-php/web, and need to get a good "Developer 101 book" or beginner's help in some other form... Please indicate best route to take in order to start off right.
Have downloaded SDK but feel rather lost, for instance not knowing what a 'string' means in the first place... But we think Roku Player is great and want to have our channels onboard.
FNDTV owns two scheduled-live channels, that are on 2 IPTV platforms 24/7; family-friendly content all the way. Please help. Thanks!
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  • squirreltown's avatar
    squirreltown
    Roku Guru
    13 years ago
    I'm only about six weeks ahead of you so I actually know nothing, but I can tell you that unlike PHP/MysQl/CSS etc. there are no manuals, there are no books and what you will find on the interwebs is a few simple examples that come directly from the SDK. Start with section 7 in the developers guide and learn how to get one of the examples from the examples/zips folder in the SDK into your Roku box. After you can do that, Look through the examples and find the one that matches your needs the closest and get whichever one of you who built the website to start modifying that example source and go from there. The Brightscript Reference And Component Reference are the next docs to keep handy. This board is THE place to get answers, and the folks here want to help and are indeed very helpful, but the catch is you have to know something before you can ask a question that someone can answer. Once you do, you will get help here.
  • FNDTV's avatar
    FNDTV
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    Thank you for your help. Will browse to section 7 of the manual and do my best. Your replying to this post is appreciated. Regards.