Re: GNUe documentation

I second this entirely.  We have been doing screen casts for a lot of  
the work we are doing and they work great.

--
Derek

On Oct 25, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Neil Tiffin wrote:

> Having spent a considerable amount of time recently with TurboGears  
> (www.turbogears.org) I would like to suggest creating a screencast  
> for the following:
>
> 1. Installation and configuration (20 min)
> 2. Creating a 2-tier Hello World app on steroids (20 min).  Meaning  
> something like a address book.
> 3. Creating a 3-tier Hello World app on steriods (20 min).   
> Probably the same as No. 2.
>
> It is really easier to learn from a screencast than from a manual.   
> It may even take less time. Screecasts also seem to have driven  
> some of the popularity of Ruby on Rails.
>
> You might also consider creating on-line tutorials for No. 2 and  
> No. 3.
>
> I believe today people want to get a quick introduction and walk  
> through before they commit to learning the guts from the manuals.  
> Of course you still need the manuals, and with a screencast you  
> will have more people asking for the manuals.  But this would make  
> it easier for beginners to get started.
>
> Neil
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2006, at 9:19 AM, James Thompson wrote:
>
>> I'm going to make an attempt at correcting our documentation  
>> problem.  Via
>> discussions in IRC we've tenatively decided on 2 main guides to  
>> the project.
>> A complete reference and a learning guide.  The first to be built  
>> will be the
>> complete reference which will then provide source material used to  
>> build a
>> learning guide.
>>
>> The plan is to.....
>>   develop a basic outline of the complete guide
>>   merge in all the existing tools documenation
>>   delete all the original docs after they are merged
>>   expand and complete the missing sections
>>
>> Below is a still incomplete stab at an outline for the complete  
>> guide.  I'd
>> appreciate any input or suggestions on extending or improving it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> James
>>
>> Table of Contents
>>
>> Introduction
>>
>> How to use this Guide
>>     - Interested in 2 tier
>>     - Interested in 3 tier
>>     - Interested in building custom apps upon GNUe
>>
>> Part : The GNU Enterprise Project
>> 	Chapter : Overview
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Component Description
>>
>> Part : The GNUe Framework
>>         Chapter : Overview
>>                 2 tier vs 3 tier
>>
>>         Chapter : Configuration
>>                     - connections.conf
>>                     - gnue.conf
>>
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Appserver
>> 		 Overview
>> 			- Invoking
>> 		 XML Reference
>>                  Configuration Options
>> 		
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Navigator
>> 		 Overview
>> 			- Invoking
>> 		 XML Reference
>>                  Configuration Options
>>
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Common
>> 		 Overview
>> 		 Application Framework
>> 		 Datasources
>> 		 Parser
>> 		 Triggers
>> 		 Events
>>                  Miscellaneous
>>                  Configuration Options
>>                  API Reference
>>         Miscellaneous Utilities
>>             GNUe Schema
>>                 - Overview
>>                 - Invoking
>>                 - XML Schema
>>
>> Part : Development Tools
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Forms
>> 		 Overview
>> 			- Invoking
>> 		 Anatomy of a Form
>> 			- The object tree
>> 		 Widgets
>> 		 Parameters
>> 		 Triggers
>> 		 Libraries
>>                  Configuration Options
>> 		 XML Reference
>> 	
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Reports
>> 		 Overview
>> 			- Invoking
>> 		 Anatomy of a Report
>> 			- The object tree
>> 		 Widgets
>> 		 Parameters
>> 		 Triggers
>> 		 Libraries
>>                  Configuration Options
>> 		 XML Reference
>> 	
>> 	Chapter : GNUe Designer
>> 		 Overview
>> 			- Invoking
>> 		 Wizards
>> 		 Common Tools
>> 			- Property Editor
>> 			- Document Tree
>> 			- Trigger Editor
>> 		 Designing Forms
>> 		 Designing Reports
>>                  Configuration Options
>> 		
>>
>> Part : A Complete Example
>>         Overview
>>         Configuration
>>         Appserver Section
>>         Forms Section
>>         Reports Section
>>         Navigator Section
>>
>> Appendix : Installation
>>     - Basic Source Install Unix
>>         - Windows Notes
>>     - Developer Install
>>         - Windows Notes
>>
>> Index
>>
>>
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