There is nothing new about JSF. In net terms it is old news On 8/21/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/15/05, Rich Feit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In general, I agree with the sentiment that there's a lot of hype in > > this arena, and not all of it is easily backed up. But the Struts > > community has always been a bit hype-adverse, no? > > Once upon a time, people were saying the same sort of things about > custom tags that people now say about JSF. It's too new, it's too fat, > scriplets are faster. We already know how to use scriptlets, why fuss > with tags? > > And, all of those statements were true. In the beginning, custom tags > were slower than scriplets. Five years ago, custom tag compilers were > naive and generated sad, bloated code. But, many of us saw the > potential in custom tags, and we bit the bullet and took the hit. > Sure, the code was sad, but in the greater scheme of things, the tags > are lost in the rounding, and such things are easily fixed by > improving the compiler. The long-term architectural gains custom tags > provided, many of us believed, were worth the short-term code bloat. > Compilers did improve, and all the work we did with custom tag > suddenly became more valuable. > > Custom tags were a pardigm shift for many teams then, and components > are a paradigm shift for many teams today. From experience, many of us > know that custom tags provide many benefits in terms of fast > deployment and easy maintenance. And, from experience, many of us > already know that components provide benefits in terms of fast > deployment. > > Over time, will components also provide the benefits of easy > maintenance? Hmmm, probably. Check back in 2010, and then we'll know > for sure :) > > In the meantime, those of us interested in Struts Classic will > continue to work on Struts Classic, and those of us interested in > Struts Shale can spend our volunteer hours there. > > Like two flowers planted in the same bed, Classic and Shale can be > healthier together than apart. Synergistically, roots can intertwine > and reinforce each other, making two together stronger than either > apart. > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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