Hi Inder,
I'm probably guiltier of "spoon-feeding" than most. I tend to post large code samples for two reasons:
1) Like most people, I'm selfishly motivated. I'm not answering posts to help others (although that is a nice side effect), I'm principally doing it to teach myself.
I often use the questions in posts as 'homework assignments' to teach myself something new, so I'll come up with a more or less complete solution and post it.
2) I've found that when I post incomplete solutions or abstract descriptions of how to solve a problem, that the person posting the question will have a great deal of trouble using that information, and I'll get involved in a long time-consuming thread which requires answering a lot of additional questions. So it can be easier for me to simply post the correct solution in the first place.
At any rate, I think the onus of responsibility here is on the person *asking* the question. It is not my responsibility, as someone answering your question, to insure that you learn in the most effective manner. Personally, I always try things and do a bit of experimentation before asking someone else how to do something. The folks that post here hoping to be spoon-fed, without going thru that crucial step, are probably never going to be great flash programmers.
- Jim
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