I got into AE with zero experience with it and i'm building some slick
stuff these days
The roadmap i followed was to develop google web toolkit Stockwatcher
App on the tutorial line by line. The google guys really did a great
job making that app cover the most important concepts. Deploying that
to the AE really is a great way to get started.
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/tutorials/1.6/gettingstarted.html
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/gettingstarted/introduction.html
"You must unlearn what you have learned" - yoda
On Oct 14, 3:36 pm, Claude Vedovini wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> I don't know Domino stuff but you should first check
> this:http://docs.djangoproject.com/
>
> Django is the framework of choice for developing with GAE but the
> datastore model is different so make sure to check those
> out:http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/django.html
>
> Good luck,
> Claude
>
> On Oct 14, 2:08 pm, Tony B wrote:
>
>
>
> > but I am trying to get my head round the Google Apps Engine.
>
> > I am not a developer in anyway shape or form, but for my sins, what I
> > do understand is developing Domino applications, so I am trying to
> > understand the whole GAE process in that context.
>
> > Could someone fill in the blanks/confirm my understanding?
>
> > NSF = Google datastore?
> > Domino Form = how end users input information into NSF but what is the
> > GAE equivalent? Is it just as simple as a html form?
> > Domino View = how to render that imputted data in a sensible manner
> > back to the user accessing the NSF. And again what is the GAE
> > equivalent?
> > agents = little programs that can manuipulate the data, alert when
> > conditions are meet etc. This bit is is a bit more straightforward to
> > me - scheduled scripts that check, amend, alert as appropriate.
> > scripts in domino are written with Formular language, lotusscript etc
> > - this is replaced by python in GAE?
> > Access control - can be governed as part of the google apps account
> > where necessary.
>
> > As a real world example, if I create a holiday request application in
> > domino, I would create a new database, have a form which users would
> > fill in stating name and dates requested, on saving this form, a
> > notification would be generated to the manager in question, the
> > manager would then go the request, authorize/deny the holiday, mark
> > the request as complete and a notification of authorization/rejection
> > sent back to the requestor.
>
> > Essentially if you can help me get my head round the GAE equals I'd be
> > very grateful
>
> > thanks
> > Tony- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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