Re: [wxperl-users] Re: What people find confusing in wxWindows docs

[Marcus <li...@wo...>]

On 24.04.02 at 13:35 Michael Nino wrote:
>IMHO at least one example is sorely needed for each class
>> *or* at least 80% of them.

How about creating a "wxPerl Cookbook"?
For example yesterday, I needed a yes/no dialog, so I pulled one out of
the demo. Luckily it was there, but it would be nice to have such
things handier.

How about making a list of controls and snippets which need examples,
then index them in Cookbook style, i.e. "Q: How do I ....?". A1:
code.... A2: code ....

Anybody else willing to contribute?


>The reason being is that as a Perl programmer
>> trying to make the leap to GUI programming (vs. CGI/HTML) I need to
get
>> started quickly!

I'm just transferring a CGI app to wxPerl. In fact, the basics are
running. wxHTML is the way to go, and/or with the VirtualFileSystem
"thingy" Mattia has implemented for vers. 0.11. It runs at normal
Windows app speed and you can't tell the difference.

In my opinion, this is something to advertise, since Perl programmers
could easily port CGI apps to the desktop, and have the best of both
worlds. You can keep your old CGI code, except for the param passing.
The web and desktop versions could communicate and swap data. Another
niche for Perl to jump into :-) Or to create web-like apps, like yours.


>I
>> am writing it in DHTML and Win32::OLE instead.  : (

If you have time, think again. I don't know what you need, but my guess
at this point is that wxPerl can probably do it, and you remain
cross-platform.

Btw, have you tried wxDesigner?

Marcus