On Friday, October 25, 2013 2:16:24 PM UTC-7, Dave S wrote: > > > On Friday, October 25, 2013 1:51:09 PM UTC-7, Derek wrote: >> >> I don't think anything is "missing". People just want to get their toes >> wet when creating websites, and prefer instant gratification to reading the >> documentation. Nothing wrong with that, and adding more documentation >> really isn't going to solve the problem. My advice to anyone who wants to >> learn web2py is to read the official documentation cover to cover. That's >> it. It's not a difficult read, and it's not very long. >> >> > As someone who recently started with Web2Py, but with some background in > Python, websites (html and php), and simple use of DBs, I disagree. I read > the online book. I worked through the examples in the overview. And I > still have questions. The book is excellent. It is not enough by itself. > > And reading 2 months of back issues of this group, and following along for 2 more months is not exactly pursuing instant gratification.
/dps > On Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:32:05 PM UTC-7, Dave S wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:53:54 AM UTC-7, Derek wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, I don't particularly like that website. It's cluttered, >>>> disjointed. >>>> >>>> I think pointing people to the Web2Py Book (aka Documentation) is the >>>> way to go. >>>> >>>> >>> Well, it helps that the Web2Py book is quite thorough and well written. >>> Other products should be jealous. But this group wouldn't be very busy if >>> nothing else was needed. >>> The Totally Official Web2Py website has the Documentation and Resources >>> page >>> <http://www.web2py.com/init/default/documentation> >>> >>> which has a Learning and Demos section, which I should check out more. >>> >>> Another resource would be the Web2PySlices site, which is also listed on >>> the above page; I've skimmed through some of the examples there and on the >>> utils and plug-ins links. >>> >>> Finally, several of the key contributores have their own book: >>> < >>> http://www.packtpub.com/web2py-application-development-recipes-to-master-python-web-framework-cookbook/book?utm_source=web2py.com&utm_medium=link&utm_content=pod&utm_campaign=mdb_009617#sample >>> > >>> >>> I haven't had a chance to check that one out, but it looks itneresting >>> and the authors have made plenty of good contributions to the user group >>> here. >>> >>> So (other than the distracting background image), what's missing from >>> Massimo's page compared to the "Learning Ruby" page the OP cites would be a >>> short summary or review of each of the resources. >>> >>> /dps >>> >>> >>> >>>> To quote PEP20: >>>> "There should be one and preferably only one obvious way to do it." >>>> >>>> The simple fact is that if you learn Web2Py some other way, and come >>>> here to ask questions on how to do something, most answers you'll get will >>>> refer to the official documentation. Might as well read it. It's simple >>>> short and to the point. >>>> >>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
