Re: D2W - Do the pros use "dummy" tables?
Re: D2W - Do the pros use "dummy" tables?
- Subject: Re: D2W - Do the pros use "dummy" tables?
- From: David LeBer <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:14:23 -0400
On 2010-04-20, at 2:44 AM, Mark Wardle wrote:
> I've got so many different structured medical questionnaires / forms mapped as entities that it would be burdensome to create a component to edt and and every one. D2W is the solution!
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> However, for custom complex pages - particularly landing pages or integration pages, I use a normal component and perhaps leverage D2W by using embedded D2W list(s) if I want all the pagination and batch stuff for free.
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> I do have a complex SNOMED CT browser/chooser and although it is a D2W component (supporting editrelationship or select) it can only be used with one kind of entity. I suppose I could spend a little longer and make everything very generic but sometimes you've just got to get something working haven't you?
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> What I'm trying to say is, don't give up on non-d2w components!
Yes.
D2W is awesome, often in a "I can't believe I built apps before I discovered it" kind of way, but it does come to the table with certain expectations and doesn't cover all situations. Sometimes you just have to make the pragmatic choice to do something custom because that's going to be the straightest route to your solution.
All of our apps have a significant ('ly high) percentage of them supplied by D2W components and governed by D2W rules, but there are always sections that are custom built the 'old fashioned'* way.
When we discover we are solving the same problem multiple times, it is time to look for a general solution, and often that results in a new D2W widget.
* term specifically chosen to raise the ire of list curmudgeons.
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> Mark
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> On 20 Apr 2010, at 01:01, James Cicenia <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> well say let's talk hypothetical.
>>
>> In portion we have some dynamic graphs and in the other
>> are we have a dynamic spreadsheet of changing values.
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>> All of this is read only data compiled from many different EO sets.
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>> James
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>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Ramsey Lee Gurley wrote:
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>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:06 PM, James Cicenia wrote:
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>>>> Hello -
>>>>
>>>> This has baffled me about D2W. It definitely seems to need to have an entity.
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>>>> So my question is ... how do you model custom screens?
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>>>> Do you create a dummy entity with dummy attributes associated with the "areas" on the screen?
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>>>> D2Wondering,
>>>> James Cicenia
>>>
>>> What is going in the "areas" on the screen specifically?
>>>
>>> Ramsey
>>>
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