Thanks for the reply. If, as you said, "You can literally write an full application in a few hours", why wouldn't it be the "official" way qooxdoo does things? Or ask in a different way, when would you *not* use qxtransformer and stay with pure qooxdoo then?
(Sorry but I am not expert in XML and doesn't really know enough about it). > > kc106_2005-qooxdoo schrieb: > > The on-line qooxdoo wiki points to two other projects: > > Aptana and qxtransformer. Aptana support for qooxdoo > appears to be > > in limbo until somebody can revive it. qxtransformer makes > quite some > > bold claims (see > > http://qooxdoo.org/documentation/related_projects/qxtransformer) > > but as far as I can tell, it's only in alpha status. > > Has anybody gone through with it and see if it works > > as claimed? > > > Hi John, > > see the demo applications at http://www.qxtransformer.org/wiki at the > bottom, (and here is another one: http://tinyurl.com/5xp78j). > They are > all built with qxtransformer, so I can assure you that it is quite > stable if you have know how to use it. You can literally > write an full > application in a few hours because of the reusability of xml code > fragments and an existing reusable javascript component and > php backend > library (qcl). > > However, we haven't got around to produce enough > documentation and will > rework the framework significantly, that is why we are still > in "alpha". > This will change to "beta" when we are sure that the basic > architecture > will not change much. One of the goals of the framework is > that the xml > syntax should be as independent as possible from the qooxdoo > api so that > you won't have to change xml when qooxdoo changes its api, > because the > templates generate the correct javascript (this obviously > doesn't apply > to custom javascript in the code). > > Hope that helps, > > Christian > -- John Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
