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Documentation / How to Start

  Ten steps to become a SuperWaba master:
  1. First of all, read the license here. Once you use SuperWaba, you're automatically agreeing with the license..
  2. SuperWaba uses Java tools, what means that you must know java basics to be able to use it. You must know how to use the java.lang and java.util packages, and how to compile and run applications. If you do not know Java, start this free tutorial, and follow these topics:
- Your first cup of Java
- Getting started
- Learning the Java Language
- Essential Java classes.
  3. Sign up at the site and download the SDK. If you're targetting also the Windows CE platform, you must download a separate zip file, containing that platform's components. For better compatibility, unzip the folder in the root, so it starts as: "/SuperWabaSDK/...".
  4. Make a good read of the SuperWaba.pdf. It contains important information regarding the platform. As a complement, read the detailed Eclipse configuration tutorial in the Support / how it works menu.
  5. The most important clue: read the javadocs, located in folder SuperWabaSDK/docs/html/index.html. The most important packages are:

waba.lang (which includes only a subset of the standard java.lang), waba.io, waba.fx, waba.ui, waba.util and waba.sys.

This is very important! If you take an hour to just look at the classes and methods that exists in these packages, you will save hours of programming headaches!
  6. SuperWaba does not contains the packages java.util, java.io, awt, swing, etc. It contains only the classes included in the javadocs! The SuperWaba.pdb contains the packages waba.lang and waba.io/fx/ui/util/sys. If you use classes from other packages, you must install the corresponding PDB file. Please read the javadocs for that package to see which PDB file that must be installed.
  7. Take a look at the samples provided in the SDK. They are there to help you get started.
  8. To send your program to the PDA, you must use Warp and Exegen. Read about their possible parameters in the SuperWaba.pdf. You can use the ANT build scripts available in the SDK, which makes everything easier. If you insist on using the command line, please don't forget to add the /SuperWabaSDK/utils to the classpath, or Warp and Exegen will not be found (they are not included in the superwaba.jar).
  9. Buy our tutorials. Everyone says that they are worth the price. They have lots of examples, and will save you many hours. We had more than 500 tutorials sold in the last year. You are also helping this open source project survive.
  10. If you have questions, take a look at the pilot.programmer.waba newsgroup:

there are more than 20000 messages, and they probably already contain the answer you are seeking for. Please search the old messages before posting new ones.
  By following these steps, you'll be able to develop great SuperWaba applications without much stress.


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