Dear Ron, Unfortunately I have next-to-nothing experience in wx and wxPerl, although I have some stale GUI experience doing Tk programming in Perl almost six years ago. The only example I do have is while installing it, as can be seen here <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28584660/installing-alienwxwidgets-into-a-windows-7-strawberry-perl-box-failed>. The gotcha here is:" *don't use CPAN-Minus, use CPAN!.* Other examples of "gotchas" in other modules can be found here <http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.dbi.users/2014/07/msg36989.html> (use "server prepare" attr.) and here <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30276611/declaring-a-perl-array-and-assigning-it-values-by-an-array-slice> (don't try it).
But anyway, this is going to be a dynamic environment, right? And if you are going to allow and provide (moderated) talk-back, people will contribute these. Example can be found in MySQL docs <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/comments.html>. Regards, Meir -- Meir On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Ron Grunwald <ron...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hello Meir & everyone, > > First of all, thank you for your suggestions, Meir. > > On point 1, yes, that’s a much better title. I’ll change it in the design > document. > > On point 2, I partially agree with you. I think the concept of a first > complete wxPerl program has merit in the introductory part because it gives > the reader an immediate overview of what wxPerl code looks like. I also > really like Steve’s comments about explaining the fundamental components > like OnInit, Show and MainLoop. > > Still on point 2, you mentioned how to combine basic widgets to form a > complete application. I think that’s a good idea and I’ll take that > onboard. However, it wouldn’t be suitable to write about it in the > introductory part in my view. > > On point 3, are there any specific examples that you’re thinking of? > > Many thanks. > > Cheers, > Ron. > > On 19/01/16 10:51 PM, "Meir Guttman" <mguttm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Folks! > > A few remarks: > > 1. Shouldn't the name be “Part I - Introduction to GUI programming > with wxPerl”? > 2. The equivalent of "Hello World", other than making sure the > installation is OK, does very little to knowing how to write a real-world > GUI application. Therefore, examples must be quite elaborate because in my > very little experience with wxPerl, the problem was not with the buttons, > the check boxes and the radio selection. It was how to combine them. > 3. I would like to see a "Gotchas" as the last chapter, of *every *part, > regarding the topics in it. I am sure that many people are falling to the > same holes, and without help, it will take them too long to crawl out of > them... > > That's my two bits... > > Meir > > -- Meir > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Ron Grunwald <ron...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > Good evening everyone, > > As I’m adding to the design document, I find myself thinking more and more > about Part I – Introduction to wxPerl and GUI programming. I expect this > part of the book to be quite long. I think it may also become the most > important part of the book as it’s here where potential newcomers will > decide whether its worth their time and effort to further pursue learning > about wxPerl. > > To that effect I would like to turn to the members of this list. Imagine > that you have no idea what wxPerl is all about, but you have heard others > talk about it. What would you like to see in an introduction section that > would hold your interest and want you to keep reading more? > > Steve has already mentioned installation of wxPerl. This will certainly be > included in Part I and deserves a thorough and concise writing effort. I > would also like to see a chapter entitled “A simple wxPerl program”. The > wxPython book has an exquisite example on page 35 in the PDF document. I’ve > attached the page for your reference. > > Finally, in relation to my use of the term “geometry management”, yes it > refers to “layout”. I’m just used to the former term from my programming > days with X/Motif and Perl/Tk. > > I really would be very interested to hear about your views on what to > include in “Part I - Introduction to wxPerl and GUI programming”. > > Cheers, > > Ron. > > > On 18/01/16 11:19 PM, "Steve Cookson - gmail" <steveco.1...@gmail.com < > http://steveco.1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Ron, > > Thanks for this. > > > On 17/01/16 12:53, Ron Grunwald wrote: > > > > > > 1. Introduction to GUI programming and wxPerl > 2. The wxPerl widgets (currently worked on in the design doc.) > 3. Geometry management in wxPerl (to be worked on next in the design > doc.) > 4. Event handling in wxPerl > 5. Advanced Topics > 6. > > > > > Is Geometry Management the same as layout? If so I had to do a double > take to work out what it meant. > > Maybe we should also have something about platforms and installation, > which is always a joy! It could be an appendix if you wanted, so that the > flow of the chapters was not disrupted. > > Regards > > Steve. > > > > >
