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Overview of Platypus

This section introduces some Platypus concepts and terminology. It is intended as a preliminary to the tutorial.

This section concentrates on the structure of a finished Platypus app - the tutorial describes stages in the development of an app.

Timesheet App and Workflows
Introduces the concept of workflows.
Shows the pages and workflows of a Timesheet app.
Timesheet's Database Schema
Lists the tables in the Timesheet database schema.
Layered Structure and Classes
Describes the three layers of an Enhydra app.
Describes the groups of classes generated by Platypus.
Platypus terminology
Why the Names?
Platypus? Pond? Billabong? What? Why?