[Seaside] Two Approaches to Getting Started. Which One Should I
Document?
Dan Shafer
dan at shafermedia.com
Mon Jun 12 16:32:21 UTC 2006
Recently i queried the list about my idea of writing a Getting
Started recipe for Seaside applications. My interest grew out of my
inability to get a quick handle on the basic process of Seaside app
creation.
I got two excellent answers.
Todd Blanchard's recipe, in summary, was:
1. Subclass WASession so I can manage app state.
2. Subclass WAComponent
3. Add rendererClass method to the WAComponent subclass.
4. Subclass this base component to create the home page component
5. Add a canBeRoot class method to this subclass of the base component
6. Visit seaside/config to create a new Seaside app, choosing
session class for sssion and home page class for base component
Mike Roberts' recipe, in summary, was:
1. Subclass WAComponent
2. Implement the method renderContentOn:
3. Implement canBeRoot on the class side
4. Implement initialize on the class side
5. Initialize the app
6. Point your browser at the app
I tried both and was successful using both approaches. Clearly Todd's
approach is somewhat more complex, involving as it does three
subclass operations. At Step 4 of his procedure, one would have to
create the home page component, presumably, using renderContentOn:
for that component.
Mike's approach brings quicker instant gratification but ultimately
is one going to have to (or want to) subclass WASession anyway to
allow the management of app state? WASession *seems* without a great
deal of study to be fairly complicated.
So would you suggest I document Mike's, Todd's, or both? What are the
advantages of each? Or do you have another way altogether to approach
the problem?
Dan Shafer
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