Welcome Sean,
You will find that Web development in general is built upon many
different technologies. Probably you have experience in some of these
already and others not. Just fill in the holes as you start your
work. The best thing to build confidence is to get a few small simple
projects built, working and fully deployed on a server. You will no
doubt need to have the basics of HTML, CSS, SQL and Java. As a
developer however, you *will* want to reuse free and/or open-source
libraries as much as possible to maximise your productivity ....
therein you will find the biggest challenge is learning what the
frameworks/libraries can do and how to use them. Remember that
WebObjects is just java with a whole bunch of text files ..... you
can add 3rd party java libraries to your project and just use them.
To really get the most our of WebObjects and Java in general, it is
very important to understand the basics of Java and *also* the common
design patterns. Understanding the common design patterns will help
you to understand how frameworks use and, more importantly, how you
can use and extend those frameworks and libraries.
I recommend you build up a little library of books and wherever you
go, "ABAB" (Always Bring A Book). Start with the Head First Java and
definitely get the Head First Design Patterns book.
Some more recommendations here:
http://homepage.mac.com/kelleherk/iblog/C981504028/E884004562/index.html
Regards, Kieran
On Aug 31, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Sean Warburton wrote:
> Dave,
>
> I take on board what you say but I think it probably comes down to
> way you prefer to work. I don't like the drag and drop aspect of
> WOBuilder, it's very easy and makes for a great demo but once
> you've grasped what goes in which files I think it's easier to just
> type. I realise that this is purely personal preference.
>
> The built in EOmodeller in WOLips is fantastic as well.
>
> I'll see how I go and if things get a bit hairy, I'll use plan b,
> the Apple apps :)
>
> Thanks again
>
> Sean
>
>
> On 31 Aug 2006, at 14:13, David Avendasora wrote:
>
>> In general I think the Apple tools are a great way to learn the
>> concepts of WO. They do a pretty good job of holding your hand and
>> hiding a lot of the complexity you don't need to deal with when
>> just learning Java and WO (similar to using the Finder instead of
>> the Terminal). This is doubly so for WOBuilder.
>>
>> The long-term play is certainly Eclipse/WOLips for WO development,
>> but even then you have the ability to still use many of the Apple
>> tools in conjunction with WOLips.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2006, at 8:36 AM, Sean Warburton wrote:
>>
>>> I did wonder whether I should use the Apple tools but with those
>>> now deprecated and by the sound of things more resources being
>>> thrown at WOLips I thought I might as well start as I mean to go
>>> on. I've also tried WOBuilder before and I find it a little too
>>> clunky, I never really understood why you would need a WYSIWYG
>>> tool for this type of development. The drag and drop looks great
>>> in a demo but I'm not too sure how necessary it is in real life.
>>
>
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