Rob Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can you point me to a how-to doc so I can get a feel
> for what JSR-168 has to offer?
There's a link to download a PDF containing a few
sample chapters from a book on developing JSR-168
portlets within the following article...
http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=BuildingPortals
...and the source code included in this book can be
downloaded from...
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=362
Scott
>
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:04:37 -0700 (PDT), Scott
> Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > PROPOSAL/SUGGESTION
> >
> > I was a big fan of the component software model
> > advocated by a technology called OpenDoc developed
> > by Apple, IBM, and Novell back in the mid 90's...
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc
> >
> > Ironically, Steve Jobs killed off this technology
> > because the thought was that Java Beans would be a
> > better solution. This has not happened...yet. This
> > is probably because Sun did a lousy job of
> > evangelizing the potential of technologies like
the
> > "bean box" and others in the "Glasgow" suite of
> > Java Bean technologies.
> >
> > When I started doing web development I naturally
> > started looking for a similar software model and
> > framework that I could apply to this space. I
> > believe my wait is finally over and the answer is
> > portlets...
> >
> >http://portals.apache.org/
> >
> > Think of a portal as simply a collection of
> > compound documents made up of portlets and I think
> > you will see how I got here from there.
> >
> > Even though this technology is in its infancy, I
> > believe that there has already been some movement
> > in the Struts community to provide support for
> > JSR-168 an upcoming release. I will be doing all
> > that I can to ensure that this effort is
> > successful. Before anyone starts a new Struts
> > branch, before doing so I urge them to evaluate
> > supporting the development of standardized Struts
> > portlets.
> >
> > In regards to establishing an IDE for this
> > technology, I would think that a portal for
> > developing, or simply assembing, portlets would be
> > a natural solution.
> >
> > Scott
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