On 12/18/06, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: > > On Dec 17, 2006, at 10:54 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > > > >> I don't regret it, but would love to see an alternative appwizard to > >> learn from. For now, the current one really does seem to fill all my > >> basic needs. > >
An alternative app wizard? What exactly would it do? I think a better option for learning might be a tutorial or screencast on how to take an Application generated by the App Wizard and expand it's capabilities > > That's part of the problem, too. It really is a very useful tool. > > That makes it easier for people to expect it to do whatever they want > > instead of understanding its limits and making the correct choice > > beforehand. That's something that you are just going to have to deal with. Nowadays, more and more people expect a single magic app to just spit out a splitting image of what they are thinking an app should be in their minds. We can created a dozen articles, wiki pages, and screencasts highlighting the limitations of the app wizard and there will still be people out there that will ask why the app wizard doesn't do this or bad mouth dabo because the app wizard couldn't do that. It's sad but I've seen it happen. > > IOW, we are touching on good 'ol human nature! :) > > It takes experience with a thing to determine the limitations, and how > to possibly improve the thing. We'll need to keep telling people over > and over again what the intent of the AppWizard is, and what class of > problems it potentially solves. Eventually perhaps we can point to a > wiki page (someone want to put that together, complete with the nuance > between our opinions on the scalability of AppWizard-generated apps?) > This is good. I think that there should probably be several wiki entries/screencasts/articles on: 1) Intent of App Wizard and what it does. 2) Limitations of App Wizard 3) Scalability of App Wizard-generated apps 4) Customizing and expanding an App Wizard-generated App There's my $.02. If no one takes this, eventually I will get around to it. > -- > pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev
