It would help to know exactly what we can do better. Where do you need we need more explanations?
On Friday, 25 October 2013 16:19:56 UTC-5, Dave S wrote: > > 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.
