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This section describes how to use Platypus in practice.
The tutorial section gives a
series of slices through the development of an app using Platypus - this is
a rather idealised view of how Platypus is used. If only development were
always so clean, so linear ... :-). This section gives a rather more
real-world view of development using Platypus.
The tools section describes what the
various Platypus tools do. This section describes how to use the tools.
- Overview of development process
- This section gives an overview of the various stages we go through in
developing a Platypus app. In particular, it describes how changes to
earlier stages are worked into the app after the bulk of development has
passed that stage.
- Names
- Good choice of names is critical to avoiding confusion. Here are the
guidelines we follow in choosing ID and NAME attributes, as well as other
naming conventions.
- Features
- Describes how to implement particular features:
Striped rows in tables
Subheaders in tables
- Maintenance and updates
- What happens after fielding?
- Hints on various steps
- Marking up the HTML
Editing a PO conf file
Editing presentation layer skeleton Java
Editing business layer skeleton Java
Adding an extra PO
Miscellaneous notes
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