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Timothy Worman 18.1 1 = Installing the tools =
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3 Before getting started with code, [[you will need to install the development tools and frameworks>>Project Wonder Installation]].
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5 = Learn the concepts =
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Pascal Robert 20.1 7 Start by reading [[WebObjects Overview>>JavaDoc and other documentation^WebObjects_Overview.pdf]] and [[WebObjects Web Applications Programming Guide>>JavaDoc and other documentation^Web_Applications.pdf]]. Those documents are really good at explaining the concepts behind WebObjects. Please note that they talk about the old toolset (EOModeler, WebObjects Builder, etc.), but the concepts are still valid.
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9 After you have read the two Apple documents, proceed with the tutorials linked to this page.
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11 Books? We've got'em too. We highly recommend [[Practical WebObjects>>http://www.apress.com/9781590592960]] by Chuck Hill and Sacha Mallais.
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13 If you have a copy of WebObjects Developer's Guide (author: Ravi Mendis, publisher : Sams) or Professional WebObjects with Java (publisher: Wrox), we have converted the example code to Eclipse/WOLips projects. [[You can get them on GitHub>>https://github.com/wocommunity/]].
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Pascal Robert 7.1 15 = Hello World tutorial =
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17 This tutorial is a good way to learn how to use the development tools for your Wonder projects. You will learn how to create a new project, run it and make the "Hello World" editable.
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Timothy Worman 18.1 19 [[Your First Project - Hello World>>Your First Project - Hello World]]
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21 = Blog tutorial =
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Timothy Worman 18.1 23 This tutorial have four parts.
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Timothy Worman 18.1 25 In the first part, you will learn how to create a EOModel for a blog application. You will also learn how to use the ERRest framework to build a basic interface to manage and show blog postings.
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Timothy Worman 18.1 27 [[Your First Rest Project]]
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29 In the second part, you will learn how you can use frameworks to put resources, including EOModels, in a core framework and to use those resources in many projects.
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Timothy Worman 18.1 31 [[Your First Framework]]
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Pascal Robert 7.1 33 In the third part, you will learn how to use Direct2Web, a rules-based engine, to build the administrative interface to manage the blog.
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Timothy Worman 18.1 35 [[Your First D2W Project]]
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37 In the fourth part, you will learn how to use sessions and creating your own components to manage the blog.
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39 [[Your First Stateful Project]]
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41 In the last part, you will learn how to deploy your applications.
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43 [[Your First Deployment]]
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45 = Get together =
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47 Project Wonder has a supportive and active user community. To contribute or benefit, the [[mailing lists>>Mailing Lists]] is the best way to reach out other Project Wonder developers.
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49 You can also attend [[WOWODC>>http://www.wowodc.com]], our annual conference dedicated to Project Wonder.
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51 = Get training =
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53 Numerous [[organizations>>http://www.wocommunity.org/page/organizations?filter=services]] provide classes or individual training. You can also buy the recordings of past WOWODCs to augment your Project Wonder knowledge.  We are also doing a [[Project Wonder Boot Camp>>http://www.wocommunity.org/wowodc12/bootcamp.html]] at WOWODC 2012, which is perfect to learn more about Project Wonder and WebObjects.