RE: [WebDNA] WebDNA 7
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2011
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 107575
interpreted = N
texte = I would like to chime in here, as a newbie. I am very excited about this new direction for WebDNA. A year ago, I started teaching myself web programming, so that I could create a few web applications for the landscape business. I got a subscription to Safari Books Online, and, with their wonderful selection of web development books, I taught myself HTML, XHTML, and CSS. When it came time to put some life and functionality into my applications, a friend told me WebDNA was the best way to go. He said it was a powerful and efficient language. I looked all over for books, so that I could teach myself WebDNA, as I had done with the other languages. But I couldn't find any books. The only teaching tool I could find, outside of the WebDNA.us website, was Brian Burton's website with tutorials. Brian's tutorials are excellent, but limited, and I burned through them quickly. The video tutorials that Donovan made were very good too, and I watched them several times. But they focused mostly on store building, and my applications are very different from the store model. Also, the online references on the WebDNA site are excellent, but I have a hard time understanding them, because I have no programming background. I was very tempted to go over to PHP and MySQL, because there was a plethora of books and tutorials available. I did a search for PHP books on Safari Books Online, and found 143 books and video tutorials with PHP in the title. There were over 4,700 more books with at least a chapter dedicated to PHP. I did a search on WebDNA, and found its name mentioned in one reference book on servers that was published in 2006. Just as I was about to bail over to PHP, I decided to give WebDNA one more go. I tried to take the Christophe's Tea Room application that comes with the WebDNA package, and plug my application into it. In my very limited understanding of this language, and programming in general, it was quickly clear that this approach wasn't going to work. So I got on the WebDNA Forum, and asked for help. Govinda was there immediately to take me by the hand, and walk me through the code, acting as my programming teacher. If not for Govinda's patience and good graces, I would not have become intimate with this amazing language. I read every email that comes down the pike on this talk forum. I have learned so much, and so appreciate the sense of community and camaraderie here. The participants are sharp, creative, and responsive. I love this mojo! You guys are the best! If the new direction is geared to attracting more WebDNA developers, and it looks like it is... I, for one, give a big "thumbs up". Who knows, maybe some of you will start writing some books. :) In deep appreciation and support, Lori -----Original Message----- From: Donovan Brooke [mailto:dbrooke@euca.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:19 PM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA 7 I just did a test on a ubuntu9x - WebDNA7 config and globals still works! (I manually added a globals directory where the root of the WebDNA.fcgi file is and called a file from there) Now, I may be running a beta WebDNA7?? so I don't know if work was done to remove it. I have my 'WebDNA.fcgi' installed in a local cgi-bin directory. ?? anyway.. thought I'd test that while I'm awaiting rdc info from a client tonight. Ultimately, it would be better to have the ability to move that Globals directory wherever you want it.. via referencing a path in the webdna.ini file. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke Euca Design Center www.euca.us www.keepitturning.co --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I would like to chime in here, as a newbie. I am very excited about this new direction for WebDNA. A year ago, I started teaching myself web programming, so that I could create a few web applications for the landscape business. I got a subscription to Safari Books Online, and, with their wonderful selection of web development books, I taught myself HTML, XHTML, and CSS. When it came time to put some life and functionality into my applications, a friend told me WebDNA was the best way to go. He said it was a powerful and efficient language. I looked all over for books, so that I could teach myself WebDNA, as I had done with the other languages. But I couldn't find any books. The only teaching tool I could find, outside of the WebDNA.us website, was Brian Burton's website with tutorials. Brian's tutorials are excellent, but limited, and I burned through them quickly. The video tutorials that Donovan made were very good too, and I watched them several times. But they focused mostly on store building, and my applications are very different from the store model. Also, the online references on the WebDNA site are excellent, but I have a hard time understanding them, because I have no programming background. I was very tempted to go over to PHP and MySQL, because there was a plethora of books and tutorials available. I did a search for PHP books on Safari Books Online, and found 143 books and video tutorials with PHP in the title. There were over 4,700 more books with at least a chapter dedicated to PHP. I did a search on WebDNA, and found its name mentioned in one reference book on servers that was published in 2006. Just as I was about to bail over to PHP, I decided to give WebDNA one more go. I tried to take the Christophe's Tea Room application that comes with the WebDNA package, and plug my application into it. In my very limited understanding of this language, and programming in general, it was quickly clear that this approach wasn't going to work. So I got on the WebDNA Forum, and asked for help. Govinda was there immediately to take me by the hand, and walk me through the code, acting as my programming teacher. If not for Govinda's patience and good graces, I would not have become intimate with this amazing language. I read every email that comes down the pike on this talk forum. I have learned so much, and so appreciate the sense of community and camaraderie here. The participants are sharp, creative, and responsive. I love this mojo! You guys are the best! If the new direction is geared to attracting more WebDNA developers, and it looks like it is... I, for one, give a big "thumbs up". Who knows, maybe some of you will start writing some books. :) In deep appreciation and support, Lori -----Original Message----- From: Donovan Brooke [mailto:dbrooke@euca.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:19 PM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA 7 I just did a test on a ubuntu9x - WebDNA7 config and globals still works! (I manually added a globals directory where the root of the WebDNA.fcgi file is and called a file from there) Now, I may be running a beta WebDNA7?? so I don't know if work was done to remove it. I have my 'WebDNA.fcgi' installed in a local cgi-bin directory. ?? anyway.. thought I'd test that while I'm awaiting rdc info from a client tonight. Ultimately, it would be better to have the ability to move that Globals directory wherever you want it.. via referencing a path in the webdna.ini file. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke Euca Design Center www.euca.us www.keepitturning.co --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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