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1 = Installing the tools =
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3 Before getting started with code, [[you will need to install the development tools and frameworks>>doc:WEB.Home.Getting Started.Project Wonder Installation.WebHome]].
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5 = Learn the concepts =
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7 Start by reading [[WebObjects Overview>>attach:documentation.JavaDoc and other documentation@WebObjects_Overview.pdf]] and [[WebObjects Web Applications Programming Guide>>attach:documentation.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>>url:http://www.apress.com/9781590592960||shape="rect"]] by Chuck Hill and Sacha Mallais. A more recent one is [[Learning The Wonders>>url:https://learningthewonders.com/||shape="rect"]] by Markus Ruggiero. The setup and introduction chapters are free to download.
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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>>url:https://github.com/wocommunity/||shape="rect"]].
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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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19 [[Your First Project - Hello World>>doc:documentation.Your First Project - Hello World]]
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21 = Blog tutorial =
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23 This tutorial have four parts.
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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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27 [[Your First Rest Project>>doc:documentation.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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31 [[Your First Framework>>doc:documentation.Your First Framework]]
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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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35 [[doc:WEB.Home.Getting Started.Your First D2W Project.WebHome]]
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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 [[doc:WEB.Home.Getting Started.Your First Stateful Project.WebHome]]
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41 In the last part, you will learn how to deploy your applications.
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43 [[doc:WEB.Home.Getting Started.Your First Deployment.WebHome]]
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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>>doc:documentation.Mailing Lists]] is the best way to reach out other Project Wonder developers.
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49 You can also attend [[WOWODC>>url:http://www.wowodc.com||shape="rect"]], our annual conference dedicated to Project Wonder.
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51 = Get training =
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53 Numerous [[organizations>>url:http://www.wocommunity.org/page/organizations?filter=services||shape="rect"]] provide classes or individual training. You can also buy the recordings of past WOWODCs to augment your Project Wonder knowledge.