Custom node example with node_example.module

First, thanks a lot for this module. I've been using Drupal for a while, but now would like to build custom sites with large amounts of tabular data to display -- something along the lines of what you might see at buyblue.org (http://www.buyblue.org/company/ranking/category/138).

I've scanned thru the available docs. This module is new, but already has plenty of good looking docs -- thanks.

But I was looking for a step-by-step guide that would show a Drupal-coding tyro like me how to set up a view for a custom node. I think it would be great if you could use the node_example.module as an example of a custom node (http://drupaldocs.org/api/head/file/contributions/docs/developer/example...).

That custom node has two fields - "color" and "quantity". With the views module, how would one set up a table view where you could sort or filter on either of these fields?

The Views Module Developer API at http://drupal.org/node/42609 discusses this, but I don't follow it since I'm pretty unfamiliar with Drupal coding in general. For example, do I need to put these three hooks in my module?

hook_views_tables();
hook_views_arguments();
hook_views_default_views();

Anyway, thanks a lot for your work on this! I hope to somehow figure it out and use it!

David