Re: [AgileWiki] Build next generation applications

[Bill la F. <bil...@su...>]

Paul,

In the download, there are two applications listed in the top-level directory, GuessNumber and SimpleAccounting. There is no documentation for GuessNumber, but it occurs as a Game when you go to http://agilewiki.org/aw3/AwServlet

I've also just started the documentation for the application programmer interface at http://agilewiki.org/aw3/AwServlet?cmd=rid%209f6e87509884a713b50a182d537da6e9 and that includes some material on SimpleAccounting.

Simple, I have learned, only comes with a lot of hard work. It is also a bit of "in the eye of the beholder". Note that these two applications have no GUI code, yet run both as web applications and within a Swing client. Todate only simple forms are supported, but in the office I've been doing a lot of work on wizards, and that is a natural addition.

And to much of application code these days is devoted to GUI code.

Now for the core functionality of an accounting system, you will find that SimpleAccounting is very very small, and most of that code is simply boiler plate copied from other rolons, commands and forms. This is possible because the database and application framework do all the heavy lifting, especially in the area of journals.

On the flip side, please keep in mind that everything in AgileWiki3 is pretty rude and crude. Just got some (SOME!) of the core pieces working and little time for polish. Also, AgileWiki2 was not an application server--it dealt mostly with knowledge management. I've been doing one application for the office and running into issues of providing a more application-focused display.

I hope this helps somewhat. Please keep commenting on what you find, like and dislike. And what you find confusing.

Bill

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Okay, I've created the accounts.  agilewiki.org is a mailing list right?

agilewiki.dev.java.net I signed up as pdemarco I've requested observer.

Is there a Hello World introduction example ?

I've read a some of the stuff but the simplicity still eludes me.

	--Paul