Re: Newbie Lost in the Apache Jungle

2007-01-10 Thread Phil_M
Leon: Leon Rosenberg-3 wrote: > > That being said, why don't you want to write some code by hands? :-) To tell the truth, that's why I'm looking into java based web solutions. I used to do quite a lot of hand coding, and my skills have eroded some since using the 4GL stuff recently. Needless

Re: Newbie Lost in the Apache Jungle

2007-01-10 Thread Phil_M
Leon: Yeah, Rapid Applicatoin Development. Most of the database development I've been doing for the last few years has been 4GL type stuff where I design the UI and the toolset reverse engineers the underlying data model (with a lot of hints from the developer, of course). Then all I had to do

RE: Newbie Lost in the Apache Jungle

2007-01-10 Thread Phil_M
Bruno: Thanks for your excellent reply -- if I understand right, you're suggesting a java servlets based architecture (tomcat & underlying) for the application to provide the interactive user client, struts for the framework, and hibernate for DBE independence. Since I'll be the only author unti

Re: Newbie Lost in the Apache Jungle

2007-01-10 Thread Phil_M
Nicolas: This is a completely new application, so no reverse engineering is needed. Does Apache have a RAD product/project for developing web applications? Thanks Again, --Phil Struts si not a RAD framework. >From an existing database, you may look at Hibernate that can generate a persistent

Newbie Lost in the Apache Jungle

2007-01-10 Thread Phil_M
Well okay, the Apache live in a desert, but that didn't sound as good for a subject line. I'm trying to figure out which Apache products to use to easily build a database application where the users would access the system via a web browser. From several hours of reading descriptions of various