AjaxDocPlan
NetBeans Ajax Doc Plan
This page lists the Ajax doc plan for NetBeans 6.5.
Users and Philosophy
We assume we're going after two types of users:
- Newbies - not tied into any tool, just want to quickly get up to speed on the technology and make great-looking apps
- Advanced - power-programmer that already knows Ajax quite well, is probably on TextMate, VI, or perhaps Zend Studio
The NB integration of Ajax toolkits is centered around wrapping the widgets with jMaki. We don't want to focus on that too much, just deal with the widgets as much as possible. We're teaching Ajax, not jMaki.
The main themes we want to hit are:
- JavaScript editing
- JavaScript debugging
- Ajax monitoring
- Ajax toolkit integration
- Developer productivity and typical developer scenarios
Main Docs Deliverables
Online help (JavaHelp) will be minimal as always. Web docs will be as follows:
| Priority | Doc Name and Description | Writer | Engineering Contract | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Ajax intro - general intro to Ajax that does not use jMaki. Teach basic JavaScript syntax, embedding Ajax in a JSP, XMLHTTPRequest, Ajax monitoring | Troy | Greg | Beta |
| P1 | jMaki Ajax Intro - basic guide to creating a simple Ajax-enabled web app using the components in the Ajax palette | Lloyd | Greg | Beta |
| P1 | JavaScript Editing Screencast - update Roman's screencast | TBD | Tor | Beta |
| P1 | JavaScript Debugging Screencast and Tutorial | TBD | Sandip | Beta |
| P1 | Prettying Up Your Web App - take a regular web app that is built in PHP/Ruby/Java and make give it a facelift using Ajax components | Lloyd | TBD | Beta |
| P2 | Ajax mash-up tutorial | TBD | TBD | FCS |
| P2 | Ajax CRUD Tutorial - create REST web services from database and consume using jMaki table component | Jeff | Ayub Khan | Beta (6.1 version written) |
| P2 | Creating an Ajax Text Field with Autocompletion (Woodstock & Ajax) | James | None | Beta |
| P2 | Creating a Dynamic Ajax Table | James | Arun Gupta | Beta |
| P3 | Doc focusing on using each of the toolkits, to be posted on the web sites for those toolkits | TBD | TBD | FCS |
Stuff We Still Need
- Need more developer scenarios like CRUD and using an Ajax table.
- Need to identify which Woodstock components support Ajax behavior and highlight those as well.
