Create a section with your name and write your suggestions on the Table of Contents (TOC). Let's wiki this!
One-paragraph description of what is WebWork. And then, an explanation of how the documentation is divided:
If you're new to WebWork, please read the Overview and proceed to the Tutorial to get started. Experienced users can refer to the Cookbook for advanced topics. Use the Reference on an as-needed basis for more specific details. For detailed information about WebWork project, read the section Project Information. Information about many projects related to WebWork can be found in Related Projects
If you have any questions, you can ask them at the user forum/mailing list. Please be sure to read the FAQ before asking any questions.
(details on each of the above follows)
All the tips in the Cookbook should be revised. Some of them could belong to the tutorial instead (basic stuff). 3rd party integration tips could be separated from the rest.
Also, it would be good if all of them also followed the same structure, kind of like a tutorial lesson, but on advanced topics. The differences between the Tutorial and the Cookbook would be:
|
Tutorial |
Cookbook |
|---|---|---|
User level required: |
Begginner |
Intermediate |
Availability of Source code: |
In the documentation and in the |
Only in the documentation, and may not be complete. |
Should be read in sequence? |
Yes. |
No. |
I like Jay Bose's reference TOC (below). On top of it, I'd suggest:
Remove "What is WebWork" and "Getting Started/Deployment Notes";
Replace them with "Introduction", in which there would be instructions to read the Overview first and proceed to the tutorial if the reader wants to get started;
Append "/ Dependency Injection" to "IoC", because some people may know it only by the name "Dependency Injection";
Group "JSP & Velocity Tags" with "WebWork Freemarker Support" to create a single section that contains everything related to user interface (in subsections);
"JSP Expression Language Comparison with WebWork 1.x" should be in "Migrating from WebWork 1.x", in the "Project Information" section;
Add to that same UI topic: JavaScript validation and DWR support (is this in 2.2?);
WebFlow would be in "Related Projects";
Have "3rd Party Integration" be links to Cookbook pages that explain how to integrate with SiteMesh, Spring, Pico, Hibernate, JUnit, Quartz, etc.
The tutorial TOC/flow could come from whatever Patrick's example app already has.