Seeking Advice for Getting Started
Seeking Advice for Getting Started
- Subject: Seeking Advice for Getting Started
- From: John Shepherd <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:27:02 -0500
Greetings,
I have just recently become aware for the first time of the existence
of WebObjects, and I am intrigued. However, I am at the same time very
overwhelmed by the introductory documentation I have been reading so
far. I'm hoping to get some advice as to whether it's truly a good idea
for me to get involved with WebObjects at all, and if so, what is the
right path for my interests.
First, my professional background is primarily as a "Business Analyst"
/ "Systems Architect" at a large corporation that uses a wide range of
computing technologies from mainframe COBOL applications to unix java
web applications. No Macs, though. :( I have a strong data modeling
background and an intermediate object modeling background. Many many
models I have created over the years have been either scrapped or only
used for communicating requirements in the early stage of a project, but
a good number have evolved into live applications. I'm usually
intimately involved with the design phase in these cases, but do not
perform coding myself. I often participate in code reviews, though, as
well as various levels of test validation. I'm explaining all this not
because I plan to use WebObjects professionally, but because I want to
give an idea of the limited foundation that I have.
The thing that has "grabbed me" in the little bit that I've read so far
about WebObjects is the use of object oriented modeling. I'm hoping to
find a path to creating a simple object model and transform it into a
running application. The 'hello world' version of such an approach
would be great for a start, I think.
Following that, I have a "hobby project" in mind that - until just
recently learning about WebObjects - I was previously looking into
taking on slowly with PHP/MySQL. In brief, the project entails managing
lists of songs performed by a musical group over several years. I've
created a good ERD already, but nothing further. These lists exist
currently in static html pages that a friend of mine has created and
maintained. What I'm ultimately interested in doing is storing the
relevant information in a database and providing web-based query
capability to interested persons for questions like, "how often has the
band played at X venue?" or "When was the first/last time song XYZ was
performed?". There is no urgency to getting this project underway, and
I can be in complete control of the level of complexity that is undertaken.
So, to finally get to my request for advice:
1) What would be my best sequence for reading the WO docs? I've already
read "Getting Started," and have made starts into "Web Applications
Overview," "WO Web Applications Programming Guide," "WO EOModelers User
Guide," and "WO Enterprise Objects Programmers Guide". As I said at the
beginning of this message, I'm getting overwhelmed. Each of these
documents suggests several others that should be read early on....
2) Does WO seem appropriate for my "hobby project," or would I be
biting off more than a professional programmer could comfortably chew?
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
Sincerely,
John
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