You are not alone is questioning the solutions to the view problem. This is an interesting problem and will really challenge the open source community to solve it. Right now, everyone has an opinion, no one has a real solution, each individual users needs are limited (they tend to solve their particular needs and move on) and the problem is EXCEPTIONALLY complex.
Part of the problem is that there are so many ways (none of which are particularly good compared to .NET) to paint pages in Java land. JSF is vapor and has a limited window of opportunity and requires REAL industry support to succeed before the world moves past it. .NET view technology looks really tempting from the outside and there are statistics which support that it enhances developer productivity (this will have a greater importance as time passes). The individual with the most influence in the space is Craig, which is why JSF is seen as an overall solution. Unfortunately, many in the community disagree with him and with JSF. I wish, I agreed that JSF was the answer and that if we all jumped on the JSF bandwagon, the industry could move past this problem, we could have great IDE's for view creation, etc. Anyway, this is a real challenge facing the community with very strong pressure being applied by MS. Edgar --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
