On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:28 PM, TheDude <officed...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> (This isn't an April Fool's Joke)
>
> So, I've been writing a book for Web2Py, but recently came towards a
> new direction...we already have a great in-depth book writeen by
> Massimo so I was wondering...
>
> Would you guys be interested in a book for web2py like 250 pages long
> that goes in-depth? Or, a nice little quick start guide :D here's the
> thing, BOTH will be able to teach you the fundamentals that you'll
> need to create 80%+ web applications. One will just tell you how to do
> things, but then link you to the documentation page available on
> web2py.com for more information.
>
> Examples:
> (QuickStart)
> In order to create a table for our database, we'll need to <b>define</
> b> our table.
> code:
> db.define_table('tablename',
> SQLField('fieldname','string', notnull=True)
> SQLField('fieldname2','integer', notnull=True),
> )
>
> Let's say we wanted to have a table reference the "tablename" table.
> db.define_table('table2',
> SQLField('tablename_id', db.tablename),
> SQLField('imafield','boolean'),
> )
>
> <explain how the reference key works briefly then provide a link to
> the DAL explantion page for all options>
>
> I think the quick-start guide will really help boost the web2py
> community and get people started on a project. It's similar to the
> Dojo, but a bit different since it'll go more in-depth than the Dojo
> but at the same time you don't have to learn everything. :) It will
> skip things like "What is MVC?" and "Why Web2Py framework" etc. I
> believe Massimo has already full-filled that information.
>
> The book will be available online (HTML) and PDF as well as a
> published book.
>
> Please let me know if your thoughts.
Nice! I prefer the option "long in-depth book". A quick-guide already
exists: if you download 'web2py manual (cut)', the chapter 3 -
Overview do a tour in web2py, although it doesn't explain in-depth
details like (I think) full manual explains.
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