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Re: [Wonder-disc] Beginner Advice?
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From: Fred S. <fh...@co...> - 2007-12-05 16:22:16
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Thanks to ALL for the info & pointers! ;Fred David LeBer wrote: > > On 5-Dec-07, at 8:53 AM, Fred Shurtleff wrote: > >> Hello List, >> >> Being that BugTracker (WONDER's version of HelloWorld) is broken (at >> least, for me it is), I am now like the proverbial 'flea on an >> elephant's back' trying to glean some of WONDER's typical functionality. >> So can anyone point me to another Eclipse project in the WONDER download >> that demos typical database CRUD operations? Or is BugTracker the only >> project provides for Eclipse? >> >> TIA >> >> PS - I have the Wrox book (WebObjects 5.0 with Java) - read the chapters >> on DirectToWeb/Rules/Tasks/Templates, etc; however I am more interested >> in learning the more basic/practical features embedded in the >> ERExtensions framework(s). > > > I'm assuming you already have a handle on vanilla WO. > > Getting started with Wonder is really about figuring out what it > contains. > > Generally there are: > > 1. The things it fixes > 2. The things it adds > > Preparing your project > ------------------------------ > > <http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WO/Project+WONDER-Quickstart> > > > The things it fixes > ----------------------- > > Once your app is based on Wonder you get a ton of stuff for free > (patches to stuff providing bug fixes etc). > > There are additional things you can opt into, autolocking ECs are one > of those: > > <http://davidleber.net/?p=282> > > You could stop now and still gain tremendous benefit from Wonder, or > continue on to... > > The things it adds > ------------------------ > > ERXExtensions: Read the documentation and/or code - there are lots of > components and classes that handle commonly needed tasks > (localization, various conditional variants, NSArray utilities, etc). > > Ajax: An amazingly WOlike implementation of Ajaxian behaviours. See: > <http://www.mdimension.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AjaxExample.woa/wa/default> > for examples. > > ERDirectToWeb, ERSelenium, ERPrototypes, ERJavaMail... You don't need > to master them all. Pick one and build on that. > > I started with ERJavaMail (back in the day) and I've been slowly > adding to my arsenal as my needs and understanding develops. > > ;david > > -- > David LeBer > Codeferous Software > 'co-def-er-ous' adj. Literally 'code-bearing' > site: http://codeferous.com > blog: http://davidleber.net > profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleber > -- > Toronto Area Cocoa / WebObjects developers group: > http://tacow.org > > > > -- MacOS: Tiger 10.4.10 Eclipse: 3.3.1.1 WOLips: 3.3.4705 WebObjects: 5.3.3 |