Oops, responding to the list this time. Thanks to all for the suggestions. The 
learning curve seems a little steep but I will just chip away at it. 

Kevin 

--- On Fri, 5/6/11, Kieran Kelleher <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Kieran Kelleher <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: InOverMyHead {"obviously"};
To: "Kevin Spake" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 3:33 AM

Use the Getting Started Screencasts here:
        http://www.wocommunity.org/webobjects_screencasts.html
Once you get your head around concepts of WO, it is easy - and, by all 
accounts, it is apparently more productive and more powerful than many of the 
popular java web enterprise frameworks.
The development tools have progressed madly (in a good way) for many years, 
hence why it is easy to find out of date documentation when it comes to 
development tools.
Any documentation related to WebObjects frameworks themselves (from a Java 
perspective) will be pretty accurate since progress on the framework side of 
things has been taking place in Project Wonder (large open source frameworks 
that extend the functionality of the core WebObjects frameworks)
Practical WebObjects (search Amazon) is probably the best book out there, but 
it is geared towards intermediate users rather than beginners. Nevertheless, it 
teaches you the ESSENTIAL concepts that will help you blow past the initial 
WebObjects learning curve.
So, focus on the screencasts and the wiki and don't be shy to ask for help here 
on this mailing list. (yes, this is *THE* mailing list for WebObjects)
The two best starting places to look for up to date info on WebObjects are
        http://www.wocommunity.org/
        and
        http://wiki.objectstyle.org/




On May 6, 2011, at 12:47 AM, Kevin Spake wrote:
Subject says it all. 
I took a java programming class years ago. I did not continue with it. Since 
then, my only programming experience has been with Realbasic, and that too was 
years ago. Now, I've decided to jump into webobjects. I have eclipse and WO 543 
on intel mac. I can run a simple "hello world" program. 
As I try to do the beginner tutorial 
here: http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WO/Hello+World+-+Your+First+WebObjects+ApplicationI
 find myself stuck. The instructions say: "So, to add a variable to keep track 
of our visitors name, click on the 'Interface' menu bar item and select 'Add 
Key...'."
I have no "interface menu bar item". I can't find it anywhere, nor can I find 
any instructions on how to add a variable. Do I just type it in? Is there a 
resource for total newbs using current WO implementation, or is it an 'idiots 
need not apply' type of thing?
If this is the wrong
 mailing list, my apologies. 
Thanks,

Kevin 
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