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lesson_set "4: Basic Shoes" do
  lesson "Hello there!"
  page "Let's get started" do
    para "Welcome to your first lesson about Shoes! I'm going to introduce you to the ",
         "basics that Shoes brings to everyone who programs."
    para "If you didn't know, Shoes is a Ruby toolkit that lets you build GUI programs ",
         "really easy and fun!"
    flow do
      para "(click the little "
      icon_button :arrow_right, nil do
        alert "Not this one! The one below!"
      para " on the bottom of the screen to get started)"
  page "Lesson Controls" do
    para "Before we move on, Here's a refresher on the controls you can use ",
      "to move around in the Lesson."
    flow do
      icon_button :arrow_left, nil
      para strong("back"), ": goes back one page"
    flow do
      icon_button :arrow_right, nil
      para strong("continue"), ": goes to the next page"
    flow do
      icon_button :menu, nil
      para strong("menu"), ": makes it easy to jump around to any lesson"
    flow do
      icon_button :x, nil
      para strong("close"), ": closes the tutor"
    para "Don't forget! Press "
    icon_button :arrow_right, nil
    para "to move to the next part. Have at it!"
  lesson "Apps"
  page "Shoes.app" do
    para "Okay! Shoes is tons of fun. It's really easy to get started. Here's the ",
         "simplest Shoes app ever:"
    embed_code "Shoes.app do
    para "Give that a spin!"
  page "It's just a block" do
    para "You didn't say that you wanted anything in the app, so it just gives you ",
         "a blank window. You can pass options in, too: "
    embed_code "Shoes.app :height => 200, :width => 200 do
    para "This'll give you whatever sized app you want! We'll be putting all of the ",
         "fun stuff inside of the ", code("do...end"), "."
  lesson "para"
  page "The basics" do
    para "Blank windows are pretty boring, so let's spice it up with some text!"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  para "Hello, world"
    para "You know what to do by now. ", code("para"), " is short for 'paragraph.' It ",
         "lets you place text in your apps."
    para code("para"), " and other Shoes widgets take bunches of options, too. Check ",
         "it:"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  para "Hello there, world", :font => "TakaoGothic"
  lesson "stacks"
  page "They're default!" do
    para "If you're looking to lay out your Shoes widgets, there are two options. The ",
         "first is a ", code("stack"), ". A Stack is the default layout a Shoes app ",
         "has. So this won't look much differently than one without the stack:"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
    para "Hello!"
    para "Hello!"
    para "Hello!"
    para "As you can see, the ", code("para"), "s are stacked on top of each other. ",
         "By itself, kinda boring, since they already do this. But..."
  lesson "flows"
  page "The counterpart of stacks" do
    para code("flow"), "s are kind of like stacks, but they go sideways rather than ",
         "up and down. Try this as an example:"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
    para "Hello!"
    para "Hello!"
    para "Hello!"
    para "Just a little bit different, eh?"
  lesson "stacks + flows"
  page "With their powers combined..." do
    para "You can combine the ", code("stack"), " with the ", code("flow"), "s ",
         "to make whatever kind of layout you want. For example: "
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
    stack :width => 50 do
      para "Hello!"
      para "Hello!"
      para "Hello!"
    stack :width => 50 do
      para "Goodbye!"
      para "Goodbye!"
      para "Goodbye!"
    para "The ", code(":width"), " attribute sets how wide the stack is. Pretty simple."
  lesson "button"
  page "Push it real good" do
    para "Buttons are also super simple in Shoes. Just give them a title and a ",
         "bunch of code to run when they get pushed:"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  button "Push me" do
    alert "Good job."
    para "I bet you're starting to see a pattern. Shoes loves to use blocks of code ",
         "to make things super simple."
  lesson "image"
  page "Pics or it didn't happen" do
    para "There are two ways that you can show an image in a Shoes app. Either you ",
         "have the file on your computer:"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  image "#{HH::STATIC}/matz.jpg"
    para "(Can you figure out what this does? Don't feel bad if you can't.)"
    para "You can also specify an image on the web:"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  image "http://shoesrb.com/images/shoes-icon.png"
    para "Either one is fine. Shoes cares not."
  lesson "edit_line"
  page "Getting some input" do
    para "If you'd like to let someone type something in a box, well, ", 
         code("edit_line"), " is right up your alley!"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  edit_line
    para "This is sort of boring though... why not get the information from the box?"
    embed_code 'Shoes.app do
  line = edit_line
  button "Push me!" do
    alert line.text
  lesson "Summary"
  page "Great job!" do
    para "There's a ton more things that you can do with Shoes, but you've got the ",
         "basics down!"
    para "If you'd like to learn more, you can visit the ", 
          link("Shoes website", 
               :click => "http://shoesrb.com/"),
         " or press Control-M (or Command-M) to bring up the Shoes Manual."
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