Hello Meir & everyone, First of all, thank you for your suggestions, Meir.
On point 1, yes, that¹s a much better title. I¹ll change it in the design document. On point 2, I partially agree with you. I think the concept of a first complete wxPerl program has merit in the introductory part because it gives the reader an immediate overview of what wxPerl code looks like. I also really like Steve¹s comments about explaining the fundamental components like OnInit, Show and MainLoop. Still on point 2, you mentioned how to combine basic widgets to form a complete application. I think that¹s a good idea and I¹ll take that onboard. However, it wouldn¹t be suitable to write about it in the introductory part in my view. On point 3, are there any specific examples that you¹re thinking of? Many thanks. Cheers, Ron. On 19/01/16 10:51 PM, "Meir Guttman" <mguttm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Folks! > > A few remarks: > 1. Shouldn't the name be ³Part I - Introduction to GUI programming with > wxPerl²? > 2. The equivalent of "Hello World", other than making sure the installation is > OK, does very little to knowing how to write a real-world GUI application. > Therefore, examples must be quite elaborate because in my very little > experience with wxPerl, the problem was not with the buttons, the check boxes > and the radio selection. It was how to combine them. > 3. I would like to see a "Gotchas" as the last chapter, of every part, > regarding the topics in it. I am sure that many people are falling to the same > holes, and without help, it will take them too long to crawl out of them... > That's my two bits... > > Meir > > -- Meir > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Ron Grunwald <ron...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: >> Good evening everyone, >> >> As I¹m adding to the design document, I find myself thinking more and more >> about Part I Introduction to wxPerl and GUI programming. I expect this part >> of the book to be quite long. I think it may also become the most important >> part of the book as it¹s here where potential newcomers will decide whether >> its worth their time and effort to further pursue learning about wxPerl. >> >> To that effect I would like to turn to the members of this list. Imagine that >> you have no idea what wxPerl is all about, but you have heard others talk >> about it. What would you like to see in an introduction section that would >> hold your interest and want you to keep reading more? >> >> Steve has already mentioned installation of wxPerl. This will certainly be >> included in Part I and deserves a thorough and concise writing effort. I >> would also like to see a chapter entitled ³A simple wxPerl program². The >> wxPython book has an exquisite example on page 35 in the PDF document. I¹ve >> attached the page for your reference. >> >> Finally, in relation to my use of the term ³geometry management², yes it >> refers to ³layout². I¹m just used to the former term from my programming days >> with X/Motif and Perl/Tk. >> >> I really would be very interested to hear about your views on what to include >> in ³Part I - Introduction to wxPerl and GUI programming². >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ron. >> >> >> On 18/01/16 11:19 PM, "Steve Cookson - gmail" <steveco.1...@gmail.com >> <http://steveco.1...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Ron, >>> >>> Thanks for this. >>> >>> >>> On 17/01/16 12:53, Ron Grunwald wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 1. Introduction to GUI programming and wxPerl >>>> 2. The wxPerl widgets (currently worked on in the design doc.) >>>> 3. Geometry management in wxPerl (to be worked on next in the design doc.) >>>> 4. Event handling in wxPerl >>>> 5. Advanced Topics >>>> 6. >>>> >>>> >>> Is Geometry Management the same as layout? If so I had to do a double take >>> to work out what it meant. >>> >>> Maybe we should also have something about platforms and installation, which >>> is always a joy! It could be an appendix if you wanted, so that the flow of >>> the chapters was not disrupted. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Steve. >>> > >
