On Nov 27, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Jan-Kees van Andel wrote: > Hey folks, > > Somewhere in the past I started working on a real world example webapp. I > guess it's already a year ago. :-) But now I have some free time to work on > this again. > > Currently I use MyFaces 2.0 (of course), OpenWebBeans and OpenJPA 2.0. I also > use Hibernate Validator.
If you want to line up with more apache projects you could look into apache bval. david jencks > I got a strange error with CODI, so I skipped it for now to stay up-to-speed, > but I guess we should get that one in. > > My goal with this example app was to bridge the gap between the current set > of example apps and the real world issues that application developers > struggle with. > It could also be a nice example of a joint effort between multiple Apache > projects, which would be good for the professional image of Apache. > > So, this example app has a pretty big domain model, security, layered > architecture, etc. Also stuff like logging, caching and performance is being > taken care of, so people can compare their app with this one. And this app > can serve as a living documentation in which the answers to Frequently Asked > Questions can be found. > > 2 things: > 1 Since everybody has a different idea of what a "good" app looks like, I > expect a lot of discussions on the mailing list. But I think this is a good > thing, because those discussions are also valuable for developers. Based on > those discussions, they can choose the proper solution for their context. > Those discussions can for example be referenced from the source code. > 2 Where to put the code? My idea for now was to create a top level "sandbox" > directory within MyFaces because this clearly indicates that it's a work in > progress and outsiders shouldn't look at it yet. But then at least it's in > Apache version control. I can also put it into GoogleCode or GitHub, but I > prefer Apache, because I think more people will find it there. > > Status: > I currently have a working app with some pages. I want to write some > additional pages before I commit it. Of course every line of code may be > subject to discussion, but I prefer concrete discussions based on working > code. That's why I'd prefer a bigger initial commit, incl. a Wiki page with > architectural decisions etc. > > Wdyt? > > Regards, > Jan-Kees >
