Abstract

Radio UserLand is Frontier?'s little brother, produced by DaveWiner's UserLand. It is a full WebAppServer? on the desktop, based on Frontier?. Out of the box, it provides NewsAggregation? and reciprocal WebLog functionality, as well as an exposed architecture suitable for drop-in apps and plugins.

http://radio.userland.com/

Resources

• Radio-Dev mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio-dev/

• A Busy Writers Guide to Radio Renderers - http://radio.weblogs.com/0101039/stories/misc/aBusyWritersGuideToRadioRenderers.html
• RU: Developer resource directory - http://radio.userland.com/directory/3541
• RU: Programming Pointers - http://radio.userland.com/programming
• RU: Going crazy with macros - http://radio.userland.com/goingCrazyWithMacros
• How to Create a Theme - http://radio.userland.com/stories/storyReader$7024
• What are Tools? - http://frontier.userland.com/tools
• Frontier: The Definitive Guide (Chap 2, UserTalk? Basics) - http://www.ojai.net/matt/frontierDef/part2.html
• Frontier's Built-In Verbs - http://docserver.userland.com
• Explorer's Guide to Frontier - http://frontier.userland.com/manual/explorersGuide
• Object Database Map - http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$184
• The Object Database - http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1049
• Developing Responders - http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1028
• Website and Scripting Tutorial - http://frontier.userland.com/tutorial/
• Macros: Home - http://macros.userland.com/
• Golden Rules for Newbies... - http://owrede.khm.de/dev/goldenrules

Random Notes

Going to jot down random things to remember as I hack my way into Radio. -- LesOrchard - 03 Mar 2002

Quick verb notes

• http://docserver.userland.com
• tcp.httpReadUrl() - Load the text of a URL

Creating tools

• While working on Tools, Tools > Developers > Reinstall Front Tool to refresh things
• http://frontier.userland.com/tools
• ToolnameSuite?
  • statusCenterMessage - Message which appears on Radio's homepage status center
• ToolnameData?
  • initialRootUpdatesPrefs - Properties establishing where and how Radio should obtain updates to this Tool GDB
• What is ToolnameNodeTypes??
• What is ToolnameSuite?.callbacks?

Developing Responders

• http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1028
• Can be thought of as a bit like ModPerl? handlers
• All responders live in user.webserver.responders.

Random ODB Mapping