So you should avoid using Alfresco :-)
> In fact I would argue that any system that requires you to edit xml by hand
> is fundamentally broken (I"m looking at you JPA). XML is meant for machines
> not humans, and if you develop an xml dialect to represent something you've
> only started your work. Never make your users edit XML. Never.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:21 PM, John Huss <johnth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This message should be on the user mailing list, not the dev list, so
>> please reply there.
>>
>> Cayenne is not primarily intended to be used that way, so there is no
>> tutorial. It is possible to do, but there's not really a good reason to
>> for a beginner. Using the modeler prevents from having to know the whole
>> XML api - instead the screens may it fairly easily to figure out what you
>> need to do.
>>
>> Anyway if you want to hand-code the XML you can create a mapping using the
>> modeler (or find an example) and then see how the XML looks, then follow
>> the same pattern. There is also a DTD somewhere I believe. But you should
>> really use the modeler, at least until you get a hang of the basics. Even
>> if you decide to skip the modeler later, start with it first.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Michael Jaruska
>> <michael.jaru...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> hi folks,
>>>
>>> i'm searching for tutorial for using cayene without caynene modeler, i
>> need
>>> something like "download this jar, write this bean, edit this xml in this
>>> way
>>> and this is how you can access objects from database".
>>>
>>> i'm not fun of grafical/ide tools (writing this hope this won't lead into
>>> spam), just like hand-make work.
>>>
>>> is there tutorial with this aspect keeping in mind?
>>>
>>> please be patient to my beginer question.
>>>
>>> michael
>>>
>>