Re: New to webobjects
Re: New to webobjects
- Subject: Re: New to webobjects
- From: Scott Ellsworth <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:44:28 -0700
On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 09:43 PM, mmalcolm crawford wrote:
On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 03:26 PM, Scott Ellsworth wrote:
I would recommend against that unless you're absolutely sure that
all you will ever do is create CRUD apps. Although powerful
technology, D2W is only really fully comprehensible in the context
of an understanding of basic WO. I would suggest concentrating on
the fundamentals for a while before getting distracted by the rules
> engine.
I found it interesting that the Java Client docs recommend in no
uncertain terms starting all projects with D2J, while the Web
Applications docs recommend starting with an honest to God web
application, and using D2W only if your application calls for it.
I do not know the system well enough to have an informed opinion, but
we are pretty impressed with what D2W has delivered thus far. Given
that the app is a query - summary - detail app at heart, D2W is
tailor made for it.
Creating an application and learning WebObjects are entirely different
matters.
The original post asked, "Anyone got any ideas for good places to
start for newbies?" WebObjects "Classic" is a large framework to
understand just by itself. I would suggest that it is well nigh
impossible to understand, and customise, a DirectToWeb application
without understanding WebObjects first...
Very true. Even after having gone through the example set for Web
Applications and for D2W, I still find the D2W tools a tad confusing.
Neat, though.
A major point of contention for many people I have talked with is the
use of Foundation, rather than java.util, objects. I can see why they
did it, but it causes a bit of torque to new users. (Not that I have
ever seen permanent harm resulting from learning a new framework.)
Is it true that you have a WO book coming out?
A lot of people seem to have been asking me this recently. <sigh>
Thanks for the clarification.
Scott
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