Re: WO 5.4 for Windows PCs

Hi! WebObjects is 100% pure Java, so you can develop on any platform with a JVM that supports Java 5. You need Eclipse and WOLips, and the WO frameworks. Eclipse and WOLips is easy to install, of course. The WO frameworks are not so easy, but you can see the procedure here:

jquery vs. prototype vs. x-library?

I've been using prototype (http://prototypejs.org) + x-library (http://cross-browser.com) for a while now. But just came across jquery (http://jquery.com) today, and it looks quite good. I've only tinkered with jquery a bit so far, and like what I see. Before I dive head first to start to migrate

WO 5.4 for Windows PCs

Hi there. I would like to give WO a spin but I am currently running on MS only. Is there a way to install and run WO 5.4 on a Windows PC (Eclipse/WOlibs)? Even more important: Is there a legal way to download the WO libs from somewhere? My understanding is that it comes preinstalled on a Mac bu

Re: Semantics of ^ in value bindings in .wod file.

Am 29.12.2007 um 18:57 schrieb Archibal Singleton: ^foo in the wod is the same as parent().valueForBinding("foo") in java parent.foo in the wod is the same as parent.valueForKey("foo") in java The first line requires a parent with foo bound. The second line requires a variable or method

Re: Semantics of ^ in value bindings in .wod file.

On 27 Dec 2007, at 06:23, Ulrich Köster wrote: Moin, my 2 cents on it. ^foo in the wod is the same as parent().valueForBinding("foo") in java parent.foo in the wod is the same as parent.valueForKey("foo") in java The first line requires a parent with foo bound. The second line requires a va

Re: Semantics of ^ in value bindings in .wod file.

Hi Art, Thanks a LOT for these very helpful pointers and for mentioning the legacy documentation in WO 4.5. There's a gold mine of information buried there for the more conceptual aspects of WO which I think one really needs to grasp. :-) = tmk = On 26 Dec 2007, at 17:40, Art Isbell wrote

Re: Semantics of ^ in value bindings in .wod file.

Hi Christopher, On 27 Dec 2007, at 04:20, Christopher Roach wrote: Hi Archibal, The carat syntax you're seeing is just a shorthand for saying take the value from the parent component. Yes, I eventually figured as much going through the examples and reading some WO books. As for the docu

Re: Failing to run WOExamples from the 5.4 examples

Hi Miguel, On 26 Dec 2007, at 17:39, Miguel Arroz wrote: Hi! It appears that you are including the same frameworks twice in the classpath (namely, JavaFoundation). Please check on the project properties the classpath stuff (I'm sure Pascal says how to do that in the podcast!) ;) Thank