Thank you for the encouragement, and the really useful resources identified.
I think I have to work through the book, and where something really is not understandable (for me), keep going back a few pages and trying again. David Swarbrick da...@swarb.co.uk - dsw...@gmail.com - swarb.co.uk Tel 0795 457 9992 / +44(0)1484 380326 On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 07:35, AGRogers <rogers...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David > > I have spent that last month and a half trying to learn web2py and python > and javascript (and css and sqlite and html). I reckon the official web2py > book has everything in it that you need. However my trouble was that my > knowledge about everything was so minimal that i often couldn't connect the > dots. So i found other resources, especially Anthony's many posts on > stackoverflow, invaluable. > > Anyhow, i started collecting links to helpful web2py posts and sites and > noted them in this document: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H6oqWAE6jv0R1HuOEamJkP91f8dPfYURLiMHhuiQTWQ/edit?usp=sharing > > The document is ugly but it might be a good place to start when you are > looking for more info. > > I think the thing the official book lacks is sufficient examples. The > information in it is great and quite complete. But i wasnt smart enough to > work through my problems without more explicit examples. For example, i > found this site recently and it has a pile of really helpful query > examples: https://web2py.wordpress.com/tag/subquery/ > > Apart from this group, most of the stuff online for web2py is pretty old. > But dont be put off by that, it almost always works perfectly. > > On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 15:13, David Swarbrick <dsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you. I will persist. >> >> I used to tell my staff that the only daft question was the one unasked. >> I may be providing a constant supply of evidence to the contrary. >> >> On Friday, 17 April 2020 21:52:24 UTC+1, Christian Varas wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I think is better to start with *web2py*, is easy to learn and I >>> believe that fit better to your site, py4web is really good and more >>> faster, but in web2py you have more tools to do things. >>> The transition after from web2py to py4web is not difficult. >>> >>> Cheers. >>> Chris. >>> >>> El vie., 17 abr. 2020 a las 16:02, David Swarbrick (<dsw...@gmail.com>) >>> escribió: >>> >>>> I have a UK case law database presently viewable at swarb.co.uk. The >>>> output is via WordPress. In better times we have had over 30k page views in >>>> a day. Presently I maintain it entirely using an ancient MS Access >>>> database. >>>> I need to move to a point where I have a sustainable and up to date >>>> editing. All that is local at the moment, and SQLite seems an appropriate >>>> starting point. W2P and P4W seem to offer ideal ways forward. I am a >>>> retired lawyer with some historic programming skills, not a developer. I >>>> tend to find modern programming documentation dense, and most of my time >>>> and attention has to go on content. >>>> >>>> Is P4W ready yet for a dumbo? Is there an obvious transition from W2P >>>> to p4W? >>>> >>>> Where do I start? >>>> >>>> In any event, congratulations and thank yu. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 web...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/702249ab-643c-496c-8a91-2db2ae775ab6%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/702249ab-643c-496c-8a91-2db2ae775ab6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> 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. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/2b81d34b-0038-4165-bcd8-4e458fcf16e6%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/2b81d34b-0038-4165-bcd8-4e458fcf16e6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CACWMBMNF50DJVn3AVNJtmCjw_4Q%3D9cR3YUJdBm5hFSPoskVn%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CACWMBMNF50DJVn3AVNJtmCjw_4Q%3D9cR3YUJdBm5hFSPoskVn%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. 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