Hi Meir, The book ³Learning Perl/Tk² contains such a section in the Preface called ³What You Should Already Know². So, I think it should also be included in ³Learning wxPerl². Thanks.
Cheers, Ron. On 31/01/16 2:41 AM, "Meir Guttman" <mguttm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ron and everyone, > > What I don't remember being discussed is the audience. Sorry if I am trying to > kick down an open door though. > We need to define the typical reader's past experience and prerequisites (with > links to the uninitiated) in various fields: > * Perl itself > * C++ > * > * OOP > * GUI in general > * Other GUI systems (Tk, Win32, VB, etc.) > May be a suggested test with minimal score to proceed? > > Best regards > Meir > > -- Meir > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Ron Grunwald <ron...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: >> Good evening all, >> >> Attached are the current design docs for the book. >> >> Part II The wxPerl Widgets is now completed. It lists all the Wx widgets >> that I intend to cover in the book. >> >> James¹ list of widgets & classes extracted from the wxwidgets documentation >> makes evident that there are many more that I havn¹t covered. However, for an >> introductory book, I feel that what I¹ve listed is adequate and appropriate. >> I am of course always open to comments & suggestions. >> >> Part III wxPerl Layout Management has now commenced. I intend to spend >> considerable time on this part since I have really struggled in the past with >> sizers and maintaining correct window layout after resizing. I think other >> people have had similar difficulties. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Ron. >> >> On 23/01/16 11:11 PM, "Ron Grunwald" <ron...@yahoo.com.au >> <http://ron...@yahoo.com.au> > wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Attached are the latest version of the design documents. I¹ve started to >>> separate the content into parts. I think the list of widgets and classes >>> that will be discussed in the book has developed quite nicely. Next week I >>> will begin with ³Part III wxPerl Layout Management², where all the >>> different types of sizers and how to use them will be listed. >>> >>> On a slightly different topic, I¹m not sure what the consensus was regarding >>> including a section ³A simple wxPerl program² in Part I. James indicated in >>> an earlier post that it should be included: >>> >>>> > I think there will be(at least) three Application Architectures. >>>> > >>>> > 1. A very short "Hello World" script for the intro section >>>> > 2. A Longer script for basic apps(I'll send you the one I use) >>>> > 3. A complex app script/cookbook for big apps/external >>>> interfaces/etc. >>> >>> My own view is that we should include it, and the design doc currently lists >>> it immediately following the section ³Structure of a wxPerl program². Meir >>> had some doubt that it would have any value. >>> >>> If we could come to an agreement on this, that would be brilliant. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Ron. >>> >>> >>> On 16/01/16 10:28 PM, "Ron Grunwald" <ron...@yahoo.com.au >>> <http://ron...@yahoo.com.au> > wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I¹ve attached the updated versions of the book design documents for this >>>> week. Notably, I¹ve added a third source column to reference material from >>>> Herbert Breunung¹s wxPerl Tutorial series which was published in the german >>>> Perl magazine ³$foo². >>>> >>>> For next week I hope to have all the widgets covered that I intend to >>>> include in the book. My next step then is working out the details for >>>> geometry management. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ron. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/01/16 10:33 PM, "Ron Grunwald" <ron...@yahoo.com.au >>>> <http://ron...@yahoo.com.au> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good evening all, >>>>> >>>>> I¹ve started to write a design document that I¹m hoping will lead me to a >>>>> detailed and complete list of chapters that will be covered in the wxPerl >>>>> book. I¹ve decided to focus on the widgets for now since they will >>>>> constitute the majority of the book. >>>>> >>>>> The initial design document, in RTF format, and the exported HTML file are >>>>> attached to give you insight into how I¹m approaching this. As this is a >>>>> working document, I intend to send updated versions by the end of each >>>>> week. Comments and/or suggestions are always most welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> Ron Grunwald >>>>> ron...@yahoo.com.au <http://ron...@yahoo.com.au> >>>>> http://www.dvlcorner.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> > >
