On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Micha Reiser wrote:

> I search a Tutorial to learn how to develope dabo Application. The  
> Dabo book started well, but it isn't finished yet :(
> An easy description how i build an easy Application with a gui and  
> a database connection would be nice. Someone knows something like  
> this?

        There are some pieces available, but nothing comprehensive. That's  
because of three main reasons:

1) Dabo is being developed by two guys in their spare time. We still  
have a lot to work on, so writing documentation means not working on  
Dabo. It's a tough balancing act.

2) We are still developing the visual tools that will make it  
possible to create an IDE that can integrate all of the pieces  
required in your app into one place. Until these are completed, the  
only way to really create an app is with code. But in the near  
future, that will certainly not be the case.

3) There is no one way to write a Dabo app; it all depends on what  
you want to do with it. We have several people using Dabo for GUI- 
only apps (no database stuff). There are a lot of people using the  
AppWizard to create simple maintenance apps; see http://leafe.com/ 
screencasts/appwizard.html for an overview of that process. I'm also  
working on a new screencast on how to build a form based on the data  
environment established by the database connections you have defined.  
If I get a chance to do it today, I'll be sure to post a notice here.

        Finally, there are several how-tos on the Wiki. Check out http:// 
dabodev.com/wiki/HowTos for those. Like I said above, these are just  
pieces in the overall process of creating an app, but at least they  
should give you an idea of the general approach. If you have  
questions after that, the best thing is to post them here. We can  
certainly answer your questions, and sometimes these questions spur a  
round of documentation-writing. Every one of the how-tos on the Wiki  
came about because someone asked a good question here, and rather  
than send it in an email that many in the future would probably not  
find, I wrote up a Wiki page to add to the body of documentation. So  
please, ask!

-- Ed Leafe
-- http://leafe.com
-- http://dabodev.com



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