Agreed. The tutorial is meant to be read from start to finish (though it will help to read the WTKX Primer first). It shouldn't take too long to get through - it doesn't cover every feature in minute detail. Rather, it is intended to provide a high-level introduction to the main features provided by the platform. Greg
On May 19, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Todd Volkert wrote: > I, for one, would recommend that, yes, as well as optionally following along > with the tutorials with live code on your side. > > -R > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:39 AM, java programmer > <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Greg, > > The tutorials are describing each and every feature. > > Do you recommend to go them one by one. Completely through every component to > see how is it working? > It would be more like a cover to cover read. Do you recommend this way? > > Best Regards, > Prithvi > > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Prithvi, > > While Pivot and Swing share a number of common concepts, knowledge of Swing > is definitely not a prerequisite for learning Pivot. > > The best way to learn about Pivot is to read the tutorial. I would suggest > starting with the Pivot 1.5 version, which you can build by running the Ant > "deploy" target. This will build the platform JARs as well as two WAR files: > pivot-demos.war and pivot-tutorials.war. You can then deploy these to a local > web server. The tutorials explain how to use most Pivot features. You may > also find the source code for the demos useful. > > Hope this helps, > Greg > > On May 19, 2010, at 4:03 AM, java programmer wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > As i am looking into PIVOT, i am feeling that, one should be aware of how > > Swing works. > > I am totally blank in SWING development. Can i still pick up on PIVOT? > > > > What will be the best way or steps to learn it. I know that's a dumb > > question, but thats how > > it is. :) > > > > Best Regards, > > Prithvi > > >
