I don't think Dojo quite has what it takes to replace Struts 2. -Brian
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Dean Schulze <dean_w_schu...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > When you say "Just use Dojo" do you mean to drop Struts 2, or to just use > Dojo in the JSPs that I create for Struts 2? > > > --- On Thu, 12/2/10, Dave Newton <davelnew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Dave Newton <davelnew...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Using Dojo with Struts 2 > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> > Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 6:21 PM > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Dean Schulze wrote: > > > How do I use Dojo with Struts 2? > > > Just use Dojo. > > > > Struts 2.2.1 has a Dojo plugin with it, but I've heard several people say > > not to use the plugin. No one says what the problem is, however. > > > > Antiquated version of Dojo (0.4.3). More difficult than practical to > customize tag-based Dojo: personally, I'd rather just write pure > JavaScript-based Dojo--I'm pretty good with JavaScript, and can fit the > pieces together more smoothly. > > > > What is the Dojo plugin? Is it based on an old version of Dojo? Why > does > > it have such a bad reputation? > > > > It's a layer between Dojo and S2, with a bunch of JavaScript abstracted > away > in a JSP tag library. Yes. Because of the version of Dojo, because of the > complexity of customization (that may just be my opinion, by the way), > because of the daunting complexity of rewriting the plugin for the newer > version of Dojo (lots of changes; would have been easier to start over, and > nobody signed up to tackle that), because of the maintenance challenges. > There are probably a few other reasons. > > I'd appreciate any pointers on how to use Dojo with Struts 2. > > > > Just use Dojo--it's framework-neutral. > > Dave > > > > >
