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From: Henning von Bargen <H.vonBargen@Triestram-Partner.de>
To: cocoon-users@xml.apache.org
Subject: AW: Examples of Cocoon
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:42:57 +0200
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> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:	Marco Pauck [SMTP:pauck@wmd.de]
> Gesendet am:	Freitag, 8. September 2000 18:15
> An:	cocoon-users@xml.apache.org
> Betreff:	Re: Examples of Cocoon
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> Pratik Machchar wrote:
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> > Dear cocoon Users.
> > Where can I have more examples of cocoon. besides samples =
direcotry.
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> From my own experience trying to dig into Cocoon, I agree that
> comprehensive and real-world examples are extremly helpful and
> considerably lower the learning barrier.
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> The stuff in the samples directory is a starting point but many
> even basic aspects of XSP & Co. are left unexposed.
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> Speaking for myself, I learned most things by closely following this
> mailinglist and studying the samples published by some of you (e.g.
> Uli Mayrings' authlib).
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> Therefore, I suggest to collect each and every single line of code
> that might be helpful as an example or maybe even a real-world
> solution to an actual problem, building a public 'library'.
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> There are several possiblities of where to put this stuff, e.g.
> 1. into the distribution under contrib
> 2. on the Cocoon web site
> 3. distibuted on the web with links from a central page on the
>    Cocoon site
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> Each contribution should be classified either by application domain,
> technical aspects, etc. Such as classification will probably =
initially
> by very simple but evolve as the library grows.
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> Personally, I would suggest to start with approach 3, as it is the
> one with the least maintenance effort. Approach 1 might be =
appropriate
> for some selected and more advanced samples that are also guaranteed
> (well, sort of ;-) to work with the corresponding distibution.
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> Oh well, CPAN comes to my mind ... ;-)
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> Making code available online will also simplify the answering of FAQs
> (e.g. Q: "How can I generate WML output?" A: "Have a look at ...").
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> Any comments, especially from the maintainer(s) of the Cocoon web =
site?
> Any suggestions for links (who will be the first? ;-)
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> 	Marco
> --=20
> Marco Pauck -- WMD GmbH Hamburg, Germany -- http://www.wmd.de/
> e-mail: pauck@wmd.de, phone: +49-40-58958-120, fax: +49-40-58958-199
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I think that this is a _VERY_ good idea.
The more examples, the better.
But you have to cleanly separate them from the basic Cocoon =
distribution.
I would prefer a contrib directory that you can download separately.
The Cocoon distribution could contain an empty contrib directory =
containing
only
a ReadMe file with a link where to download the contributed samples.
Henning