Hello, A couple of 3rd party books I would recommend:
Practical WebObjects by Charles Hill and Sacha Mallais (APRESS) WebObjects web application construction kit by George Ruzek (SAMS) WebObjects Developers Guide by Ravi Mendis (SAMS) To start come up with a simple idea like an address book and see where to go from there. Or take a simple "static" site and convert it to a "dynamic site" just to understand page navigation at first. Then think of a way to build dynamic content drawn from a database. For example recently I wanted to create a dynamically css driven site similar to csszengarden.com I needed to build some components to help me with css. I stayed in that domain and tried to not to get side tracked. I also recently took a static web site that my boss created and turned into a WO application. I created my first real db driven app in wo several years ago was a kind of content manager/wiki. Jerry --- John Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have just recently become aware for the first time of the existence > of WebObjects, and I am intrigued. However, I am at the same time very > overwhelmed by the introductory documentation I have been reading so > far. I'm hoping to get some advice as to whether it's truly a good idea > for me to get involved with WebObjects at all, and if so, what is the > right path for my interests. > First, my professional background is primarily as a "Business Analyst" > / "Systems Architect" at a large corporation that uses a wide range of > computing technologies from mainframe COBOL applications to unix java > web applications. No Macs, though. :( I have a strong data modeling > background and an intermediate object modeling background. Many many > models I have created over the years have been either scrapped or only > used for communicating requirements in the early stage of a project, but > a good number have evolved into live applications. I'm usually > intimately involved with the design phase in these cases, but do not > perform coding myself. I often participate in code reviews, though, as > well as various levels of test validation. I'm explaining all this not > because I plan to use WebObjects professionally, but because I want to > give an idea of the limited foundation that I have. > The thing that has "grabbed me" in the little bit that I've read so far > about WebObjects is the use of object oriented modeling. I'm hoping to > find a path to creating a simple object model and transform it into a > running application. The 'hello world' version of such an approach > would be great for a start, I think. > Following that, I have a "hobby project" in mind that - until just > recently learning about WebObjects - I was previously looking into > taking on slowly with PHP/MySQL. In brief, the project entails managing > lists of songs performed by a musical group over several years. I've > created a good ERD already, but nothing further. These lists exist > currently in static html pages that a friend of mine has created and > maintained. What I'm ultimately interested in doing is storing the > relevant information in a database and providing web-based query > capability to interested persons for questions like, "how often has the > band played at X venue?" or "When was the first/last time song XYZ was > performed?". There is no urgency to getting this project underway, and > I can be in complete control of the level of complexity that is undertaken. > So, to finally get to my request for advice: > > 1) What would be my best sequence for reading the WO docs? I've already > read "Getting Started," and have made starts into "Web Applications > Overview," "WO Web Applications Programming Guide," "WO EOModelers User > Guide," and "WO Enterprise Objects Programmers Guide". As I said at the > beginning of this message, I'm getting overwhelmed. Each of these > documents suggests several others that should be read early on.... > > 2) Does WO seem appropriate for my "hobby project," or would I be > biting off more than a professional programmer could comfortably chew? > > Thanks in advance for any recommendations. > > Sincerely, > John > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. 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