But with the Practical WO book, I suggest either Ravi Mendis book or the Wrox
one. They were written in the Project Builder days, but you can find a copy of
the book samples here :
https://services.wocommunity.org/books/
Ravi's book is available on O'Reilly Safari.
> Certainly,
>
> A lot of the learning curve with WO, IMHO, is sometimes things seem to work
> by magic. Practical WO does a good job of demystifying items like the
> component architecture and the request/response loop.
>
> Especially if you are coming from PHP where the developer is responsible for
> a lot of the low level details. Once you learn WO it really speeds up your
> dev time because you get so much power from the underlying frameworks. I
> understand ROR is a lot like that but I don't have much exposure to it.
>
> Best,
>
> Johnny
>
>
>
> On Mar 20, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Pankaj D wrote:
>
>> Hi johnny,
>>
>> Thanks for the advice ... but will this book serve me even if i am starting
>> out ...?
>>
>> Regards
>> Pankaj
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Johnny Miller <jlmil...@kahalawai.com>
>> wrote:
>> Buy this book.
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Practical-WebObjects-Charles-Hill/dp/1590592964/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269112508&sr=8-2
>>
>> I think I've purchased all the WO titles and this was my favorite. It
>> continues to augment my development as I get better and better at WO.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2010, at 5:17 AM, Pankaj D wrote:
>>
>> > Hi , everyone
>> >
>> > This is my first post to any apple mailing list after transition to mac
>> > platform ... and i am impressed with the overall development tools
>> > available ... in Mac OS X... earlier to that the next most impressive
>> > stack for development was "LINUX" ....
>> >
>> > I am a web developer with 2+ yrs exp ,... in PHP and Rails ....
>> > After transitioning to Mac .. i wanted to use WebObjects ... i have a
>> > project with a client around $ 30K worth and 6 months at hand ... so i can
>> > develop in my leasure time .... my question should i experiment .. with
>> > learning "WO" and simultaneously develop the project ... or stick to what
>> > i know (PHP/Rails) ... considering that i read at lot of places that "WO"
>> > is very easy ... and more powerfull than "Rails" ....
>> >
>> > Also my client wants a webserver deployment at office ... so do i have to
>> > suggest him to buy a MAC OS X Server or "WO" can be deployed on normal x86
>> > Server hardware ....
>> >
>> > What Are the scalability options in "WO" ... as this project has an annual
>> > maintenance of $ 18K ... and any development extra ....
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Pankaj
>> >
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