Jason Foster wrote:
>
> <snip/>
>
> Gut, snap reactions:
>
> - This feels like it relates to the work of the W3 TAG (Technical
> Architecture Group)
Nah, they deal with stuff like ultimate scalability of the *entire* web.
Much bigger perspective.
> - I don't know from where the Avalon developers obtained their visions,
> but they seem to have hit a sweet spot with respect to flexibility and
> rigour.
Thanks, I consider this a compliment, being part of the team who started
the Avalon vision.
> I think it will be very difficult to find a similar sweet spot
> for Cocoon (which shouldn't stop the attempt!) given what I see as the
> primitive nature of most web development... Perl print statements are
> *still* the dominant form!
That is the same argument I heard when starting Avalon :)
> - Documentation and examples will be absolutely vital.
Absolutely. Expect a few *important* thing on this side during the
course of this year.
> SoC, IoC, and
> contracts are still difficult for me to understand, and I've been trying
> for a while now. Granted I'm not the most astute programmer, but I don't
> think I'm that bad. These concepts seem more like practices, and as such
> exist more in documentation and examples than in interfaces and classes.
> - On a picky note, I would prefer a polymorphic syntax that doesn't mess
> with the specification for URLs ... we've become pretty good about leaving
> these alone so why stop now? A subprotocol might be a good choice (eg.
> polymorphic:skin://docbook...)
Ok, good point, although I'm not sure if
polymorphic:skin://
is any more URI compliant than
component[skin]://
> - Let's get cracking so that the content-management group can produce that
> tool I'm waiting for :)
:)
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche
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