[bsoriano]

Mike,

I want to do more than help test and/or translate skins. I am an IT professional with 20+ years of experience, and while I started my career programming, I have been a manager/executive for a long time. I consider myself a programmer at heart, and, while I know I am not young anymore in IT terms (I am 50), I think I can learn fast.

What would you recommend as a path to learn skinning? Which skin should I use to look at the code while learning? Do you recommend using Phil65's KodiDevKit and SublimeText 3 for a beginner? While I am no expert, I understand XML and think I am good at analyzing problems and coming up with sound technical solutions.

Thank you in advance for any guidance you could provide!

Best regards,

This is a tough one...
KodiDevKit didn't exist when I started so I used Notepad++ like most would. I couldn't even consider using anything else other then SublimeText 3 with phil65s KodiDevKit but the learning curve to get used to the differences took a week or two to get used to. SublimeText can be customized to how you want to code but setting that up can be complicated. The improved syntax highlighting and ability to quickly jump to a VAR or include are probably the most helpful and time saving additions I can think of.

As for skins I'd suggest starting with an updated one for Krypton that is also simple and easy to follow... That however would be personal preference since I do not know what would be easy to follow for somebody that is not me

Good luck and you can always PM or post in the thread if you need any help

Thanks a lot Mike, I will follow your recommendations, and will take you up on your offer to help!

Regards,

Bart