You might find these resources helpful: http://www.w3schools.com/, http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorials/.
Chapter 4 of the book is in more of a reference style than most of the rest of the book, so you might find things starting to click a bit more as you proceed through the later chapters. Start simple, and you'll gradually figure out how to do things. Feel free to ask questions here on the list. Anthony On Saturday, December 3, 2011 1:17:44 AM UTC-5, Andrea Bravi wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > first of all, thank you for the really nice job done with web2py: as soon > as I downloaded it, I really liked how easy it is to use the admin > interface and play with it! > > That being said, I would like to kindly ask you some advices regarding how > to learn using web2py. I have a background in Python and database > design/programming, however I don't know anything about web applications (I > am a biomedical engineer). I was trying to read the official web2py book, > however from Chapter 4 I realized that I could understand and reproduce the > examples, but I was definitely not capable to abstract and learn how to use > the entire API. It seems to me that the material is targeting an audience > that already knows how to create web applications, and that only needs to > learn a new "vocabulary". Now, is there some book/slides/course/anything > that you would suggest me to start with? I could buy a book like Python 3 > Web Development Beginner's Guide (assuming that's what I need) and start > from there, however I would like something that targets directly web2py. > > I hope the question is clear enough! Let me know if you need other details. > > Thank you for your help, > > > Andrea > > >
