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mach-ii sample apps
We're very close to a new release of Mach-II. One thing we're concentrating on is better documentation. Somehow (and the blame has to fall on me and Ben), the notion that Mach-II is "really hard" has gotten some currency. I hope to show that this just isn't true. To that end, I wrote a little sample app that lets a person keep track of a small stock portfolio. It also comes up with a step-by-step tutorial and has audio of me discussing the app (using a program called Articulate). If you have any ideas for things you'd like to see wrt Mach-II such as sample apps, other tutorials, please let me know. Mach-II is just too good for people to stay away because they think it's too hard, takes too long, or whatever.
Lola Lee made this comment,
How about a simply book inventory, where you can
record the books you have, whether you're reading
it or not, and if you've lent it out or not?
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comment added :: 8th October 2005, 05:34 GMT-05
Matt Woodward made this comment,
Nice suggestion lola--I have an old bookstore
application that I wrote in Java (JSP and
Servlets) a few years ago; if I can dig it up this
might be a nice head start on doing a Mach-II
version for CFers.
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comment added :: 8th October 2005, 07:40 GMT-05 :: http://www.mattwoodward.com/blog
Melanie Williams made this comment,
Instructions on how to run in a shared hosting
environment would be great!
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comment added :: 8th October 2005, 13:03 GMT-05
Sami Hoda made this comment,
Hey Guys,
I know there were a lot of comments about sample
apps, documentation, etc left earlier for 1.10 on
the Topica Mailing List. But I wanted to
re-iterate the need for a "step-by-step" guide...
like what do I do after I've downloaded it... that
sort of thing.. and getting it to a basic contact
manager type app.
And then from there we can get more advanced with
appropriate design patterns, and basically take
the "step-by-step" to the next step (no pun
intended).
I wouldn't mind getting involved. Writing in plain
english is the key. And as they say, the best way
to learn is to teach. Been using Mach II since it
first came out, and there is always more to learn
about best practices, and how to do OO CF right.
-Sami
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comment added :: 8th October 2005, 13:44 GMT-05
Roger Lancefield made this comment,
Hi Hal,
How about a guide for people who are trying to
'step up' from (OO or procedural) Fusebox to
Mach-II. This could perhaps go some way to
addressing the 'Mach-II is too hard' complaint. It
might contain info regarding the major points of
departure between the two frameworks. For example,
how the respective frameworks deal with setting
site-wide constants, how they interact with their
Models (and by extension, Fusebox's use of XML
verbs vs. MII's listeners, etc), the role of
Mach-II's filters contrasted with Fusebox methods
for achieving the same, dynamic event processing
vs. pre-compilation, etc.
Anyway. Just some thoughts. I bet it would be well
-received and much appreciated.
Roger
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comment added :: 8th October 2005, 14:59 GMT-05 :: http://www.ralsite.net
Hal Helms made this comment,
Sami, we'll have just what you're asking for.
Roger, that is an excellent idea. I'd like to get
more people involved in that one...
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comment added :: 8th October 2005, 16:00 GMT-05
Jack London made this comment,
I would prefer to have a portal enviorement. There
would be register and login steps and of course
allowed and not allowed pages.
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comment added :: 10th October 2005, 04:45 GMT-05
Dan Wilson made this comment,
We work alot with dynamic forms on our end. It
would be nice to see something with database
driven forms that collects, writes and displays
the entries.
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comment added :: 11th October 2005, 15:16 GMT-05
sadia_ewu made this comment,
comment added :: 21st December 2005, 01:48 GMT-05
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