Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Gustavo Pizano
On 20.11.2008, at 16:35, Mike Schrag wrote: I'd say it takes too long if you need to learn for yourself. One should either get training or work in a shop where it's used. I 100% agree with this. WO is a little bit mind-bending, in a cool way, if you're coming from most other frameworks. It

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Kieran Kelleher
Welcome Bob, FWIW, I had education/experience in C, Fortran77 and some other languages and zero Java knowledge when I learned by myself circa 2003 (I had no training funds unfortunately), *however*, IIRC, the things that made it easier to learn were: 1) Watching/studying the WebObjects WWD

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread David Holt
+1 :-) On 20-Nov-08, at 7:40 AM, David LeBer wrote: Having said that, it is possible to learn on your own. I did. Just expect to spend a fair amount of time staring at the contents of WODev posts waiting for the lightbulbs to go off. ___ Do not

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Mike Schrag
Or, shameless plug, one can buy the WOWODC recordings :-) Too bad the recording of Guido and Jay session at WWDC 2008 is not available standalone, you have to buy the whole IT track to get the session. Of course, you should buy the WOWODC recordings regardless of your expertise level :) ms

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread David LeBer
On 20-Nov-08, at 10:23 AM, Mike Schrag wrote: Patiente, a lot of it. WO is not something you can learn in a few weeks or even months. I'll challenge this one ... For "mastery," sure, but we had a new senior level guy (with a Java/Hibernate/J2EE background) comfortably writing WO apps withi

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Pascal Robert
Or, shameless plug, one can buy the WOWODC recordings :-) Too bad the recording of Guido and Jay session at WWDC 2008 is not available standalone, you have to buy the whole IT track to get the session. But I agree it's harder to learn it if you don't have anyone near you who can help you ou

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Mike Schrag
I'd say it takes too long if you need to learn for yourself. One should either get training or work in a shop where it's used. I 100% agree with this. WO is a little bit mind-bending, in a cool way, if you're coming from most other frameworks. It's very useful to have someone who knows what

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Anjo Krank
I'd say it takes too long if you need to learn for yourself. One should either get training or work in a shop where it's used. Cheers, Anjo Am 20.11.2008 um 16:23 schrieb Mike Schrag: Patiente, a lot of it. WO is not something you can learn in a few weeks or even months. I'll challenge this

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Mike Schrag
Patiente, a lot of it. WO is not something you can learn in a few weeks or even months. I'll challenge this one ... For "mastery," sure, but we had a new senior level guy (with a Java/Hibernate/J2EE background) comfortably writing WO apps within a few weeks. We had two junior guys that were

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Miguel Arroz
Hi! On 2008/11/20, at 13:36, Bob Gordon wrote: Hello, I have been reading about WebObjects, and decided it was worth looking into further. That's a smart decision. :) WO looks old-school and hard to learn, but it's actually a very strong framework, very well conceived, and it easily

Re: Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Pascal Robert
Hello Bob, Hello, I have been reading about WebObjects, and decided it was worth looking into further. Where to begin? http://www.wocommunity.org/getting_started_with_webobjects.html What would be the best book for a novice (does know Java)? You need Java knowledge, but you don't nee

Totally New

2008-11-20 Thread Bob Gordon
Hello, I have been reading about WebObjects, and decided it was worth looking into further. Where to begin? What would be the best book for a novice (does know Java)? Are new projects being done with WebObjects (is there a future)? Any other suggestions? Thank you. -Bob