[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-25 Thread Phil Graham
Andrea, First post on web2py, but your circumstances are close enough to mine to jump in here. Background: Father was a COBOL developer, learned Tandy TRS basic in elementary school and pascal in high school, no code through grad school except some matlab fiddling. Taught myself enough Wordpress

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-05 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Look forward to this. On Dec 5, 3:12 pm, "ma...@rockiger.com" wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > I am working on a book about learning web development with web2py. The > conzept is a mixture of railsturial.org and Headfirst Html. > > I will post the first 3 chapters before christmas. > > Marco

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-05 Thread ma...@rockiger.com
Hi Andrea, I am working on a book about learning web development with web2py. The conzept is a mixture of railsturial.org and Headfirst Html. I will post the first 3 chapters before christmas. Marco

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-05 Thread mikech
Thanks Cliff, I will take a look. I Mike

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-05 Thread Cliff
mikech, Have you looked here: http://web2py.com/examples/default/examples On Dec 5, 12:33 am, mikech wrote: > I've been thinking along these same lines.  I would like to see a workbook > to go along with the web2py book in which the concepts in the book are > illustrated in a sample in the workb

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-04 Thread mikech
I've been thinking along these same lines. I would like to see a workbook to go along with the web2py book in which the concepts in the book are illustrated in a sample in the workbook. Perhaps it could be a progressive sample that builds on one of the samples begun in the earlier chapters. M

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
I hope sometime this week. It is basically done. Massimo On Dec 3, 9:00 pm, Andrea Bravi wrote: > First of all, thank all of you for your valuable (and quick!) answers. > > @Massimo DP: Just for curiosity, any expected date for the release of > the new editions? > > @Anthony: great suggestions!

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Andrea Bravi
First of all, thank all of you for your valuable (and quick!) answers. @Massimo DP: Just for curiosity, any expected date for the release of the new editions? @Anthony: great suggestions! I spent all the day with http://www.w3schools.com/, http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorials/, and that was exactl

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread chawk
I started web building 2 years ago, i have a full time job in Automobile Insurance, and limited time at home to learn. Your question seems to indicate that you don't have any knowledge of HTML, CSS or Javascript/jQuery? forgive me if I am wrong, but if that is the case you definitely need to start

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread lyn2py
On Dec 4, 12:10 am, Javier Quarite wrote: > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Anthony wrote: > > I've read that there's going to be a book something like "web2py recipes" > >> but I'm not sure where I've seen it > >> As far as I remember it could be a PACKT release > > >http://www.packtpub.com/w

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Anthony
> > Oh well, I thought it could contain basic to expert example (or sort... :) > ) > I think there will be some stuff useful to beginners -- it's just not a general introduction to web programming. > > PD: Thanks for the link, do you know when its going to be released? > According to the

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Javier Quarite
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Anthony wrote: > I've read that there's going to be a book something like "web2py recipes" >> but I'm not sure where I've seen it >> As far as I remember it could be a PACKT release >> > > > http://www.packtpub.com/web2py-application-development-recipes-to-master-

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Anthony
You might find these resources helpful: http://www.w3schools.com/, http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorials/. Chapter 4 of the book is in more of a reference style than most of the rest of the book, so you might find things starting to click a bit more as you proceed through the later chapters. Start

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Anthony
> > I've read that there's going to be a book something like "web2py recipes" > but I'm not sure where I've seen it > As far as I remember it could be a PACKT release > http://www.packtpub.com/web2py-application-development-recipes-to-master-python-web-framework-cookbook/book Though I don't thi

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Javier Quarite
It seems to me that the material is targeting an audience > >> that already knows how to create web applications, and that only needs > to > >> learn a new "vocabulary". Now, is there some book/slides/course/anything > >> that you would suggest me to start with? I could buy a book like Python > 3

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-03 Thread Phyo Arkar
Python 3 web development will be a far shot. web2py wont be going python 3 for long. On 12/3/11, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > You raise a good issue. We will start working on it as soon as the 4th > ed of the book is out. > > On Dec 3, 12:17 am, Andrea Bravi wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> first of a

[web2py] Re: web2py for dummies

2011-12-02 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
You raise a good issue. We will start working on it as soon as the 4th ed of the book is out. On Dec 3, 12:17 am, Andrea Bravi wrote: > Hi everyone, > > first of all, thank you for the really nice job done with web2py: as soon > as I downloaded it, I really liked how easy it is to use the admin >