Category webobjects

Enabling development rapid turnaround for D2W and RuleModeler

There are a few things I skimmed over or skipped in my WOWODC D2W presentation (too much information, not enough time). One particular item may trip up a new D2W developer, it is an important setting that allows RuleModeler to communicate with WOLips and enables rapid turnaround when you edit rules during development.
Luckily there is [...]

WOWODC West Direct to Web Presentation

I received a lot of very positive feedback about my Direct to Web (D2W) presentation at WOWODC West this year. A lot of it was along the lines of: “Wow D2W is very cool, it’s sad that everyone doesn’t know about it” Well, I agree, D2W is very cool, and everyone should know about it. [...]

Direct To Web Rules Explained

Ramsey Gurley does a great job of explaining the D2W rules system (and why Project Wonder is invaluable) in this article on the wiki.
A highly recommended read.

Screencast: Using ERExcelLook

Project Wonder’s ERExcelLook is a framework that leverages Direct To Web and the ExcelGenerator framework to easily generate Excel exports. I just finished a short screencast on adding it to an existing project. The topics covered are:

Adding Direct To Web to an existing project
Adding and action to trigger an .xls export for an array of [...]

Advanced track at WOWODC 2009 East?

WOWDC 2009 West (held just before WWDC) was an outstanding success (and I’m not just saying that because I presented ) We had a gathering of very knowledgeable and talented WO developers and the conversation over dinners and breaks was as illuminating and educational as the sessions themselves.
Pascal is working feverishly on hammering [...]