On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Ganesh <gan...@j4fry.org> wrote: > Hi, > > yes, sure, declarative languages have more limitations then procedural ones > and sometimes we must swich to the procedural backup and again yes I think > it it is worth working on "something like that". > > IMHO we should first of all discuss the basis we want to work upon. Which > are your reasons to prefer starting with jQuery instead of dojo? Here's my > list of reasons why I chose dojo:
I personally like the jQuery syntax and it has not that big (dependency) overhead. That said I don't mind to have multiple libs supported, under such a "umbrella" Facelets- based library "MyFaces FOO Dojo", "MyFaces FOO jQuery" ... -M > > - better industry support > - larger widget base > - more of a hype right now (seems to me ...) > > Best regards, > Ganesh > > Matthias Wessendorf schrieb: >> >> not sure I read that article, but I agree that it is worth to go the >> Facelets road, for new things. >> Not sure if EVERY 2.0 library needs to contain only template-based >> components; old-fashion >> renderers are still, ok... >> >> so generally you also think it is worth to host something like that ? >> I personally would like to start with this by introducing a wrapper for >> jQuery (included via JSF 2.0 resource handling) >> >> -M >> >> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Ganesh <gan...@j4fry.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Matthias, >>> >>> Funny you're asking this today: Last night I've released the J4Fry >>> dojoFacelets library on sourceforge. It's a pure JSF template/dojo >>> library, >>> it was build on JSF 1.1/1.2 w/Facelets and it runs on JSF 2.0 out of the >>> box. The templates are AJAX enabled via ui:define. The first project >>> based >>> on the new components will be productive around juli in a european bank. >>> We've started working on this last autumn after I released this artivle >>> in >>> german JavaMagazin, making the point that future JSF tag libraries must >>> be >>> template based: >>> >>> http://www.j4fry.org/resources/jung_JSF_JavaMagazin_Tag_Entwicklung_mit_Facelets.pdf. >>> The dojoFacelets are apache licensed and we would love to make them a >>> starting point for a new MyFaces subproject. >>> >>> Here's a link to the documentation: http://j4fry.org/dojoFacelets.shtml >>> (with links to examples and downloads - the JSF 2.0 example is currently >>> offline, check the JSF 1.2 example). >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Ganesh >>> >>> Matthias Wessendorf schrieb: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> sure MyFaces 2.0 is not yet there, but I want to share an idea... >>>> >>>> Since JSF 2.0 has the new Facelets support to easily create (custom) >>>> components, >>>> would it be a good idea to start a new (sandbox) project that defines >>>> a JSF 2.0 set >>>> of components, only written via the Facelets way ? >>>> >>>> I had to play with some fancy JS (jQuery) to make a "wow" *easy* >>>> component (via Facelets). >>>> I think it would be cool to have such a library that provides a kinda >>>> wrapper for some JS lib, >>>> e.g. jQuery. >>>> >>>> -Matthias >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
