On Friday 30 November 2007 11:41:22 am Ed Leafe wrote: > On Nov 30, 2007, at 1:24 PM, johnf wrote: > > I'd love to help. I'm sure I would learn something in the > > process. The other > > day Nate and I were discussing what we could present as demo. > > If there is one thing I would insist on, it's focus. A bunch of > stray programs that illustrate one thing here and another thing > there, while well-intentioned, will not help anyone. For things like > that, a wiki page with a link to files that can be downloaded from > either your site or the dabodev site would be best. > > > It's sort of tuff when you consider all of the subjects that should > > be covered. > > A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. What was > the hardest one for you? IOW, what took the most time for you to > understand and do correctly? Start there; if you complete nothing > else, you will have helped lots of people who will not have to > struggle as you did. > > > For example just the differences between platforms (although minor) > > can hinder a > > newbie. > > A wiki page on platform differences sounds perfect for this, since > everyone can add to it as they are uncovered. > > > Then there is the database that will be used (I of course would like > > to see Postgres used). > > Why should that matter? Anything instructional for Dabo should be > database agnostic. > > > Just explaining the power of biz objects could take up a lot of time. > > Of course. Again, pick something and run with it. > > > Then what about the question of using the ClassDesigner vs hand > > coding. > > That's not a show-stopper, since people will pick one or the other > and go from there. A better focus would be on strategies for the > (hand-coding/cdxml) process. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com
I have to admit my first mistake was attempting to follow AppWizard. I was so far over my head that I just got lost. Then the idea of Biz objects followed much of what I had learned from VFP but the access confused me. Then of course there was sizers. I still have issues with sizers on occasion. Database agnostic would work for any tutorial. Hand coding a cdxml? That sounds like adobe flex/air mxml type programming. Or did I mis-understand? But your statement does make me think about the relationship between cdxml and the hand coding of the UI I'm doing. A non-visual cdxml editor - Hmmmm. The focus - yes that is the question. What should the tutorial focus on? What app would bring out enough of the power of Dabo without losing the reader. I'm open to anything. Maybe others have suggestions. -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
