Thanks Freddy, that's just what I need!
> From: Freddy Daoud <fda...@...> > Subject: Re: Stripes Spring JPA > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.java.stripes.user > Date: 2009-06-15 17:39:32 GMT (13 hours and 39 minutes ago) > > Hey Mr. DJ :) > > > 1. The client has heard of Struts and knows it 'works'. > > While that may be comforting, it's a weak argument. We know just plain > Servlets work; it doesn't mean we'd recommend developing webapps with > just plain Servlets. > > > Stripes also 'works'. I've worked on real-world apps with Stripes and > so have others. It's way past the "only demos have been built with it" > stage. > > 2. Nobody (in France) knows Stripes (he does all the 'technical' > interviews). > > I'd argue that all Struts 1 resources are eligible to be considered as > Stripes resources. As you've mentioned, it takes very little time for a > Struts 1 dev to learn Stripes. It's mostly about unlearning the habit of > having to maintain a bunch of config files. > > > 3. Why should he propose an unheard of framework? > > Innovation. Doing something just because everyone else is doing it, when > that something is using Struts 1, deprives you of having an edge on your > competition. > > > 4. Once the project is 'finished' and we're all gone, how will the > client find other developers with stripes skills? > > See #2. Find a Struts dev and they'll get up to speed with Stripes in > little time. > > > 5. Why should the client accept training his internal staff when they > already 'know' Struts, and no one uses it or has heard of it. > > Because the return on the investment will keep coming in again and again > as your developers will be much more productive, developing new features > and maintaining applications. The number of days of development and > maintenance of applications being much, much higher than the number of > days of training required to learn Stripes, it's easy to see the payoff. > > Also, less code means less maintenance. I haven't done any metrics with > Struts, but with JSF our switch to Stripes resulted in 40% less code > overall. > > Finally, for training, there is (apologies/disclaimer/warning: shameless > plug in 3, 2, 1) a Stripes book available :) > > Hope that helps. Let us know what happens. > > Cheers, > Freddy > http://www.stripesbook.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
