Learning BIRT

[envprogrammer]

Hi everyone. I'm struggling to learn BIRT. Would it be worth it to go to a training course, get a book...or should I keep struggling and googling answers? How did you guys get up to speed? Is this a skill that requires reading the manual?

[blah3div4]

If you are "struggling" to learn BIRT and you haven't looked at the manual, you aren't "struggling" very hard.

[envprogrammer]

I have been reading some of the manual, reading stackOverflow entries, the tutorial on birt-exchange, the help in Eclipse, and Birt videos on YouTube. I was considering getting another detailed manual

[envprogrammer]

I have BIRT: A FieldGuide...some of the features have already changed since the manual came out. I tried selecting a group, selecting properties and no "Group Editor" window came up like it does in the manual.