Returning to TW - Start with TW5 Beta?

[SteveM]

I played with TW a few years ago but stepped away. I'm not a
programmer, but I program enough to be dangerous. I want to look at
TW again, but see that Jeremy has re-engineered TW into TW 5.

That said, is TW5 backwards compatible with the existing libraries of
Custom Tiddlers? Would you developers here recommend I restart with
TW 2.6.5 or hop feet first into TW 5?

Thanks for the advice and feedback.

SteveM

[Craig in Calgary]

Is there a TW v5 beta?

[SteveM]

I came across this Jeremy Ruston TW5 page:

http://tiddlywiki.com/tiddlywiki5/

On Mar 27, 10:00 am, Craig in Calgary <craig.prich...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Jeremy Ruston]

TW5 is currently in a pre-alpha stage - it's not ready for practical
use by end users.

For developers, there is quite a lot to experiment with, and it can
already be a useful tool for some advanced things (for example, you
can use it to build TiddlyWiki 2.6.x from its constituent files,
instead of the cranky old Ruby tools).

So, if you've got practical work to accomplish, I'd advise sticking to
TW2.6.x, but if you're curious to start experimenting with TW5 and
learning more about JavaScript, I'd urge you to download node.js and
try it out.

https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5

Best wishes

Jeremy

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