[Seaside] documentation brainstorming

[Brian Brown]

Writing Components
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"Using JavaScript"
"Displaying data from a database"

Administration
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"Posting new code" or "Deploying Seaside Applications"

On Jan 29, 2004, at 7:33 PM, Avi Bryant wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm participating in a trial run of a "Masters of Software Arts" 
> program run out of UIUC.  Part of the work I've committed to doing for 
> this is to write some documentation for Seaside.  I'm going to be 
> writing it in a "minimalist instruction" style - essentially, giving 
> the user hints on how to complete specific, concrete tasks, but 
> leaving them to discover the details.  What I need first is to 
> assemble a list of the tasks that I'll be documenting, and I thought 
> that some people on this list might have suggestions.
>
> Here's the beginnings of a list.  Please add to it as you see fit.  
> Note that I've tried in some places to avoid the terminology of 
> Seaside ("Using subcomponents") and used more general terms instead 
> ("Breaking the page into smaller parts").  I'd like to stick with that 
> where possible.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Avi
>
> Getting Started
> ---------------------
> "Installing Seaside"
> "Running the examples"
> "Starting a new application"
>
> Writing Components
> ---------------------------
> "Displaying HTML"
> "Making a link do something"
> "Getting data out of forms"
> "Rendering tables"
> "Using CSS"
> "Breaking the page into smaller parts"
>
> Tasks/Call + Answer
> --------------------------
> "Showing a new page"
> "Getting data back from a page"
> "Answering data back from a page"
> "Describing overall application flow"
>
> Session Management
> ------------------------------
> "Backtracking widget state"
> "Disabling the back button"
> "Making bookmarks work"
>
> Debugging
> ----------------
> "Debugging your application from the browser"
> "Profiling your code"
>
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