On 2/28/07, Paul McNett <p At ulmcnett .D.O.T com> wrote:
> Nate Lowrie wrote:
> > On 2/28/07, johnf <jfabiani@yolo.com> wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 10:54, johnf wrote:
> >>>> I am now also wondering, if I've started from the wrong place. I used
> >>>> the AppWizard to generate the code as a base for my application, and am
> >>>> now trying to modify the generated code to handle foreign keys etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> Given your comments about the ClassDesigner not being able to 'edit'
> >>>> classes generated by the AppWizard, I am wondering if I am really
> >>>> starting from the wrong place.
> >>>> Should I rather be building my classes from scratch.
> >> IMHO I would drop AppWizard. It was designed as simple way to demo Dabo and
> >> provide a search,browse, and edit function based on a single table.
> >
> > I would agree. It's far easier to do it manually.
> >
> >> Take a look at a recent screencast on www.dabodev.com. They demo how easy it
> >> is to create a form that allows similar functions as AppWizard. But more
> >> importantly you can edit code directly. For example the screencast show you
> >> how to include a link table.
> >>
> >> After working with the ClassDesigner you will move on to creating your own
> >> classes.
> >
> > Or just drop the ClassDesigner to code apps by hand :)
>
> I just have to add my 2 cents to the mix. The ClassDesigner isn't ready
> for production use, because it is still in flux and bugs are found and
> fixed all the time.
>
> While the generated output from the AppWizard is indeed simple, and only
> really deals with single tables and gives you only a simple CRUD design,
> it does give you a skeleton structure to build from, that IMO is pretty
> well designed.
>
> If you are going to code by hand, consider starting with a generated
> AppWizard app and build from there. I've done this with 2 commercial
> apps and a handful of internal apps so far, and I really believe that it
> scales.
I think that I would do that just for the db and biz connections code
and chuck the UI portion. That is, assuming I ever actually do get
around to fiddling with the db and biz tiers....Maybe by then we will
just have a connections app.
>
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