utility for editing data with just an EOModel
utility for editing data with just an EOModel
- Subject: utility for editing data with just an EOModel
- From: Ray Kiddy <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:10:30 -0800
Hello -
I just wanted to say hello and let people know of something I just
posted on my blog.
The blog is at:
http://worldofwebobjects.blogspot.com/
From the post:
I have a Direct to Web app built that, when I give it an EOModel as
a parameter, launches
a fresh, new web interface that allows me to edit data in the
entities of the model. Imagine
if you could do a "Browse Data" in EOModeler and then edit the data.
One cannot do that,
but one can take just an EOModel and put data into the entities
without creating a fresh
project. I used to create a D2W app to administrate every EOModel I
have in any app, so
I find this useful. I no longer need those duplicate projects around.
By the way, for those who do not know, I have been in the WebObjects
group at Apple for the last ... well, it has been a while. I started
at Apple in 1990 and have been in WO since late 1997. But I have left
Apple and now will be doing other things, many of which will involve
WebObjects.
I have not spoken up in the lists as I have wanted to. There has been
a reason for this. I have not been happy about what the management at
Apple has been doing to WebObjects for quite a while. Eventually, the
feeling from my management became mutual. I knew that if I started to
post, that would be the start of a road that would end up with me
saying something, as "email@hidden", that I would regret. But
now, I can speak as myself. And, hopefully, not say something I regret.
But I am going to try to speak as myself, not as just an "ex-Apple"
person.
Basically, looking at the last several years of WebObjects as a
product, I have only one thing to say right now. I am sorry. Really.
I feel as though I cannot apologize enough. I wish I could explain
the dysfunction at Apple about WebObjects. But if I could, I imagine
that I would still be there, and things might be better than they
are. There were many things I tried to do and was not allowed to do.
But it is also not that simple. There were things I could have done
that I did not do, for whatever reason. There were things I could
have said that I did not say, both internally and externally. There
were times I did speak up and make a pest of myself that were not
strategic. But I tried, and I cared and still care about the product.
Apple is dealing with WebObjects in a really confused manner for very
complicated reasons, but also, my failings are my own, and they are
many. So, that is it for now. I am sorry. I wish I could say more,
but I will have to process some of this and figure things out.
In the meantime, I think I can help with some issues that WebObjects
has. There is still a lot of value in WebObjects, no matter what
Apple does. Many of you know this. Frankly, I am not a company, nor
do I speak for a company anymore. It may take 30 minutes to make a
fix to something and Apple may take over a year to get that released.
I do not have to work on that kind of schedule any longer. I want to
try to assist the community in a somewhat more agile manner.
We'll see how it goes.
If anyone has questions or suggestions, let me know.
thanx - ray
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