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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/CatalystBasics.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/CatalystBasics.pod
index db00bce..0a7daa5 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/CatalystBasics.pod
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/CatalystBasics.pod
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ L<Advanced CRUD|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::AdvancedCRUD>
 
 =item 9
 
-L<Appendices|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Appendicies>
+L<Appendices|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Appendices>
 
 =back
 
@@ -107,14 +107,17 @@ B<TIP>: Note that all of the code for this part of the tutorial can be
 pulled from the Catalyst Subversion repository in one step with the
 following command:
 
-    svn checkout http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/examples/Tutorial@4609 .
+    svn co http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/tags/examples/Tutorial/MyApp/5.7/CatalystBasics MyApp
 
 
 =head1 CREATE A CATALYST PROJECT
 
 Catalyst provides a number of helper scripts that can be used to quickly
 flesh out the basic structure of your application. All Catalyst projects
-begin with the C<catalyst.pl> helper.
+begin with the C<catalyst.pl> helper (see L<Catalyst::Helper|Catalyst::Helper>
+for more information on helpers).  Also note that as of Catalyst 5.7000,
+you will not have the helper scripts unless you install both 
+L<Catalyst::Runtime|Catalyst::Runtime> and L<Catalyst::Devel|Catalyst::Devel>.
 
 In the case of this tutorial, use the Catalyst C<catalyst.pl> script to
 initialize the framework for an application called C<MyApp>:
@@ -170,14 +173,14 @@ greeted by the Catalyst welcome screen.  Information similar to the
 following should be appended to the logging output of the development 
 server:
 
-    [info] *** Request 1 (0.008/s) [2822] [Mon Jul  3 12:42:43 2006] ***
+    [info] *** Request 1 (0.043/s) [6003] [Fri Jul  7 13:32:53 2006] ***
     [debug] "GET" request for "/" from "127.0.0.1"
-    [info] Request took 0.154781s (6.461/s)
+    [info] Request took 0.067675s (14.777/s)
     .----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------.
     | Action                                                         | Time      |
     +----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
-    | /default                                                       | 0.069475s |
-    | /end                                                           | 0.085305s |
+    | /default                                                       | 0.002844s |
+    | /end                                                           | 0.000207s |
     '----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------'
 
 Press Ctrl-C to break out of the development server.
@@ -693,7 +696,8 @@ to the controller:
         $c->stash->{books} = [$c->model('MyAppDB::Book')->all];
         
         # Set the TT template to use.  You will almost always want to do this
-        # in your action methods.
+        # in your action methods (actions methods respond to user input in
+        # your controllers).
         $c->stash->{template} = 'books/list.tt2';
     }
 
@@ -788,7 +792,7 @@ Catalyst C<c> variable.)
 B<TIP>: When troubleshooting TT it can be helpful to enable variable
 C<DEBUG> options.  You can do this in a Catalyst environment by adding
 a C<DEBUG> line to the C<__PACKAGE__->config> declaration in 
-C<MyApp/View/TT.pm>:
+C<lib/MyApp/View/TT.pm>:
 
     __PACKAGE__->config({
         CATALYST_VAR => 'Catalyst',
@@ -872,9 +876,10 @@ Older Catalyst-related documents often suggest that you add a "private
 end action" to your application class (C<MyApp.pm>) or Root.pm 
 (C<MyApp/Controller/Root.pm>).  These examples should be easily 
 converted to L<RenderView|Catalyst::Action::RenderView> by simply adding 
-C<ActionClass('RenderView')> to the C<sub end> definition. If end sub is 
-defined in your application class (C<MyApp.pm>), you should also migrate 
-it to C<MyApp/Controller/Root.pm>.
+the attribute C<:ActionClass('RenderView')> to the C<sub end> 
+definition. If end sub is defined in your application class 
+(C<MyApp.pm>), you should also migrate it to 
+C<MyApp/Controller/Root.pm>.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -886,7 +891,8 @@ that C<DefaultEnd> be added to the list of plugins in C<lib/MyApp.pm>.
 It also allowed you to add "dump_info=1" (precede with "?" or "&" 
 depending on where it is in the URL) to I<force> the debug screen at the 
 end of the Catalyst request processing cycle.  However, it was more 
-difficult to extend the C<RenderView> mechanism, and is now deprecated.
+difficult to extend than the C<RenderView> mechanism, and is now 
+deprecated.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -970,13 +976,16 @@ Then open C<root/src/books/list.tt2> in your editor and enter:
         <td>
           [% # First initialize a TT variable to hold a list.  Then use a TT FOREACH -%]
           [% # loop in 'side effect notation' to load just the last names of the     -%]
-          [% # authors into the list.  Note that we make a bogus assignment to the   -%]
-          [% # 'unused' vbl to avoid printing the size of the list after each push.  -%]      
+          [% # authors into the list.  Note that the 'push' TT vmethod does not      -%]
+          [% # a value, so nothing will be printed here.  But, if you have something -%]
+          [% # in TT that does return a method and you don't want it printed, you    -%]
+          [% # can: 1) assign it to a bogus value, or 2) use the CALL keyword to     -%]
+          [% # call it and discard the return value.                                 -%]
           [% tt_authors = [ ];
-             unused = tt_authors.push(author.last_name) FOREACH author = book.authors %]
+             tt_authors.push(author.last_name) FOREACH author = book.authors %]
           [% # Now use a TT 'virtual method' to display the author count in parens   -%]
           ([% tt_authors.size %])
-          [% # Use another vmethod to join & print the names with comma separators   -%]
+          [% # Use another TT vmethod to join & print the names & comma separators   -%]
           [% tt_authors.join(', ') %]
         </td>
       </tr>
@@ -1129,7 +1138,7 @@ information for each book.
 Kennedy Clark, C<hkclark@gmail.com>
 
 Please report any errors, issues or suggestions to the author.  The
-most recent version of the Catlayst Tutorial can be found at
+most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at
 L<http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/Catalyst-Runtime/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/>.
 
 Copyright 2006, Kennedy Clark, under Creative Commons License