> Can someone lend a guiding light here? what are the > differences and or similarities between Fusebox, .Net, > and JSP Struts? Can a parallel comparison be made or > are they all too different?
Well, .NET isn't an application model, in the sense that Jakarta Struts is. You can write all of your code as ASP.NET, for example, without separating or organizing it within separate tiers. Microsoft wouldn't recommend that, I'm sure, though. Struts is just a particular implementation of the Model-View-Controller application framework concept, in which JSP is used for the "client" or "View" tier (HTML generation), EJBs are used to provide the "Model" tier (which provides a useful abstraction of data - the "View" developer wouldn't have to know anything about the actual structure of back-end data within an SQL database, for example), and the Struts package itself acts as the "Controller" - JSP programmers can invoke data requests and other data-tier logic through Struts itself. Note that Model-View-Controller is a generic idea, while Struts is a specific implementation, and you actually use a JAR file containing the Struts code. I'll refrain from commenting on Fusebox, beyond saying that I don't think it's directly comparable to either of the other two, though. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
