Difference between revisions of "Talk:How to do a Hello World application using XULRunner"

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* A link to [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner XULRunner runtime package] and mention that they have to download this package to run applications using XULRunner
 
* A link to [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner XULRunner runtime package] and mention that they have to download this package to run applications using XULRunner
  
*I managed to get a hello world application running with XULRunner, however, I missed out downloading the XULRunner runtime package. As this was the first time running a XULRunner application (with no background knowledge in XULRunner - perfect candidate to test your XULRunner), I had to browse around and figure out why the application wasn't running.
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*I managed to get a hello world application running with XULRunner, however, I missed out downloading the XULRunner runtime package. As this was the first time running a XULRunner application (with no background knowledge in XULRunner/XUL - perfect candidate to test your XULRunner tutorials), I had to browse around and figure out why the application wasn't running.
  
 
*You should tell the user to acquire the XULRunner before creating the directory structure
 
*You should tell the user to acquire the XULRunner before creating the directory structure

Revision as of 00:50, 10 December 2006

I tried the tutorial again. This time the tutorial is much clearer. However, I found out a few things that could improve this tutorial:

  • I managed to get a hello world application running with XULRunner, however, I missed out downloading the XULRunner runtime package. As this was the first time running a XULRunner application (with no background knowledge in XULRunner/XUL - perfect candidate to test your XULRunner tutorials), I had to browse around and figure out why the application wasn't running.
  • You should tell the user to acquire the XULRunner before creating the directory structure
  • Do you want a batch script that will create the dirs for you??
  • Screenshot of the application:

XULRunner HelloWorld.png



First look at the tutorial, it's not as straight forward as I expected it to be, for someone who has no background on XULRunner at all.

It will be helpful if the user doesn't have to browse away to get a basic idea.

Suggestions:

  • Brief introduction?
  • Can you explain briefly what each item is?
  • For each item, if the explaination for the item is long, maybe provide a link to the actual documentation of it??

(elichak)