Re: I need a little help...

From: Kieran Kelleher (kieran_list..ac.com)
Date: Tue Aug 15 2006 - 15:20:12 EDT

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    Should we use the WebObjects WikiPedia wiki book and expand the
    Eclipse/WOLips topics. We all have edit access to that wiki book, right?

    On Aug 15, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Mike Schrag wrote:

    > I don't think Chuck was blaming you for not understanding something
    > (Eclipse is daunting), rather I think he was pointing out that it's
    > important for everyone to work together to try to answer questions
    > and/or develop content that answers questions. The questions we're
    > getting and will be getting soon should at least provide the basis
    > for a good FAQ that could go up on the WOLips wiki.
    >
    > I'm curious if people prefer the WOLips wiki being "private" vs
    > open like the wikibook? I don't know what limitations Confluence
    > has or even if Andrus would even want it to be publicly editable,
    > but it might help accelerate the development of some of this content.
    >
    > ms
    >
    > On Aug 15, 2006, at 1:56 PM, David Holt wrote:
    >
    >> Thanks Chuck, Mike and Marc,
    >>
    >> I was just looking for general information, not a step by step. I
    >> see that it is done exactly as I suspected it would be. I'll play
    >> around with it. Sorry for the basic question, it is just that
    >> everything looks quite "foreign" in Eclipse at the moment, but
    >> there are enough familiar elements that I wasn't sure if I should
    >> just be double clicking on something and it would all be taken
    >> care of ;-)
    >>
    >> No more questions until everyone is caught up, I promise.
    >> (unless, of course, that means no more questions, ever!)
    >>
    >> David
    >>
    >> On 15 Aug 2006, at 10:40 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
    >>
    >>>
    >>> On Aug 15, 2006, at 10:23 AM, David Holt wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> Hi Mike,
    >>>>
    >>>> Are there any special considerations for importing an XCode
    >>>> WebObjects project to Eclipse? If so, would you consider adding
    >>>> this to the tutorial as well at some point? I have gone through
    >>>> the introductory stuff, but I will need to migrate my existing
    >>>> XCode projects and I am guessing that there will be a number of
    >>>> us in a similar position. Thanks!
    >>>
    >>> David, this is not aimed at you personally, this just seemed like
    >>> a good message to add this onto.
    >>>
    >>> I think one thing that we all need to stop doing is saying, "Mike
    >>> can you do ...?" Mike worked his ass off getting Entity Modeler
    >>> ready and added a lot of features that he had no need for. Mike
    >>> has real work to do, a deadline, a family, and no where near
    >>> enough sleep. The rest of us need to pick up the ball and
    >>> provide documentation, test plans, tutorials, etc. Mike has done
    >>> more than his fair share, we owe Mike and mDimension a huge debt
    >>> of gratitude. It is time for the rest of to pick up the ball and
    >>> run with it and let Mike go back to his life.
    >>>
    >>> So, who has done this, can document it, and help David out? I
    >>> would, but I am already four days behind this week and it is only
    >>> Tuesday. Anybody?
    >>>
    >>> In a general answer to your question, there is no "Import xCode
    >>> project that I am aware of. What _I_ have done in the past is to
    >>> create an Exclipse project of the same name in a different
    >>> location. Then copy all of the files that Eclipse created
    >>> (except the Xcode project files!) into the Xcode project. Then
    >>> discard / delete the empty Eclipse project and open the now Xcode/
    >>> Eclipse one in Eclipse and start moving things around. Put all
    >>> the .java under /src adn (I think) Eclipse will help move them in
    >>> to the proper packages. One thing to remember is that Eclipse is
    >>> file name and location based not Group based, so project
    >>> maintenance can be a lot simpler.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Chuck
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> --
    >>>
    >>> Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their
    >>> overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve
    >>> specific problems. http://www.global-village.net/products/
    >>> practical_webobjects
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >



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