eScript

[mpowell_esq]

I have been investigating and concluded that eScript is an appropriate direction to take. Has anybody any example src I could use to get really started??
TIA

 

[joey.jeremiah]

afaik, eScript is a framework for webspeed developed by progress or progress distributor in the uk.

maybe theres some eclipse plugin work done, maybe its the regular progress plugins ?


its a propietary framework and afaik not a very big one, though i don't doubt it saves work and has plenty of benefits.

i dont know if you can just download and start hacking. i doubt it has any documentation or at least well documented.

you probably need to be a company and theres probably some consulting involved to get to use the product.

but you can just call them up and find out.


but why even go there ? and start with frameworks ? start simple

if you need, go over to amazon.com or the book store round corner and get yourself a networking and dhtml, maybe ajax books.

and of course there tons of material and free stuff on the net ...but you get what you pay for, ya know.

heres a link to a cool free site http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/

 

[Casper]

Hi,

eScript can help if you don't want to reinvent the wheel.
If you want to take a look at the base 'object' of the framework, the eScript webobject then you can try contact Proaxima:
see:
http://www.proaxima.com/download.shtml and
http://www.proaxima.com/news.shtml

With the eScript framework, everything Joey says, still applies of course: Apart from the framework, you still need knowledge of HTML, DHTML, JavaScript and css.

The eScript Product is (or was I'm not sure) a Progress consultancy product. So to get the entire framework (including multi language support etc...) you have to hire a consultant.

If your interested in some 'normal' webspeed sourcecode, meaning not made with a framework, I'm willing to make an example for you working on the sports2000 database.

HTH,

Casper.

 

[Casper]

Well, actually, what I said about knowledge of HTML etc isn't entirely true, because one thing e-script succeeded in is seprating the (X)HTML part form the Progress part. That way you can have as well progress developpers as Web developpers working on the same project. The HTML pages don't need compiling. With e-Script the HTML merges with the progress data this is handled in the e-Script webobject.

Regards,

Casper.

 

[mpowell_esq]

Yeah I got slightly confused appreciating your definition. It were my appreciation that you could have Progress developers without needing the HTML skills. Creating an eating a horse approach - bite by bite. The Progress guys do the Progress src, 1 bite. Then the web guys do the HTML src, another bite. Then put it all together the product of the bites is the elephant / objective.
I would be VERY interested in examples for the Sports database, it would be greatfully received. Thank you very much.
Regards