[OpenLayers-Dev] Fwd: Web-based Configuration using Mapbuilder for GSoC 2008

[Tharindu Mathew]

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From: Tharindu Mathew <mccloud35 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] Web-based Configuration using Mapbuilder for
GSoC 2008
To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>


I already have looked into javascript. I'll look into XSL. Are other XML
stuff like XPath or XQuery used?

I will look into the links you gave me. Thanks for the assistance.


On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Mathew,
> Nice to meet you and great to hear this project is of interest.
>
> In my opinion, understanding of good programming practices and design is
> more important than specific language issues which can be learned as you
> code. The structure of Java is similar to Javascript which will give you
> a good start. Probably the best way to start is to read some tutorials
> and have a look at the code in existing applications. (Things like
> inheritance are done differently in javascript).
> Understanding XSL will be beneficial for the Mapbuilder parts of this
> project.
>
> http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Documentation
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Developers+Guide
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Tutorials
>
> (Plenty of pages here, I don't suggest you read them all yet)
>
>
>
> Tharindu Mathew wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm interested in this project and is looking for an  oppurtunity to
> > learn the technologies associated with this project. But my experience
> > with JavaScript is limited. I have manly used Java as my language and
> > worked with XML web services, spring framework, etc in Java.
> >
> > Will my limited JavaScript experience be a problem in this project? If
> > not, how may I gather more knowledge for this project?
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tharindu
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Regards,

Tharindu



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Regards,

Tharindu
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