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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