Thanks Matt. I have heard of this thing called a "personal life" and I too hope to experience it one day.
mraible wrote: > > The reason that AppFuse developer has stalled is mainly because I > haven't had (or made) the time to work on it. I often have it on my > "todo" list, but it drops to the bottom often because of more > important things. When it was under active development, I used to > spend 20-30 hours a week working on it and while this was great for > the community, it wasn't good for me personally. > > I do plan on making a sincere effort to releasing AppFuse 2.1 this > quarter and 3.0 next year, but I also said I'd get 2.1 out this summer > and that never happened. > > As far as AppFuse vs. Grails, you might checkout the following blog > post on this subject. > > http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/appfuse_vs_grails_vs_rails > > Hope this helps, > > Matt > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Gary White <gdw...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I unfortunately have been out of full-time development for a couple of >> years. I am now leading a big high profile project that is finally >> reaching >> a phase which involves significant software development and I'm really >> stoked about getting back to what I love doing. In my previous stint >> doing >> full-time development, I chose AppFuse as the framework (v1.8-1.9 I think >> w/Spring MVC/Hibernate) and I was a big fan (thank you Matt). I'm now in >> the >> position again of choosing a framework and, of course, AppFuse is on my >> short list. I was somewhat surprised/concerned to see the lack of recent >> activity (based upon some very quick browsing on my part) so I wanted to >> touch base to get some idea of where the project stands, where it's going >> and its long-term viability for the type of project described above. I'm >> also curious as to the reason(s) for the seeming lack of >> activity/progress >> (e.g. lack of committors, lack of or declining interest in the user >> community, overtaken by other frameworks/solutions etc.). Also, please >> feel >> free to severely chastise me (OK not really) if I've mischaracterized the >> current state of AppFuse. My first cut at the framework short list >> actually >> only has 2 contenders, each representing a general approach. One was >> Grails, >> which represents a very productive approach that hides some of the >> complexities of the underlying frameworks but also makes them available >> in >> case you need a bit more flexibility (pros) but with the possible >> downside >> of more overhead/lower performance/less scalability etc. The other option >> is >> of course AppFuse, which exposes all of the raw power/performance of Java >> and the underlying frameworks but is somewhat less productive and >> requires a >> higher skill level than Grails. Would anyone like to comment on the above >> synopsis and perhaps fill in some of the blanks left by my absence from >> development as to what attractive options are available? I would greatly >> appreciate any input, including pointers to other sites where I can do my >> own research on the pros/cons of these and other options. Regardless, I >> like >> to again express my appreciation to Matt (and any other committors) for >> the >> contributions you've made and I hope all is well with you. Thanks, Gary >> P.S. >> I saw somewhere (maybe it was the 2009 Summer of Code blurb) a couple of >> requests for incorporating Groovy & GORM. Is that on anyone's radar at >> all? >> ________________________________ >> View this message in context: AppFuse project status? >> Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@appfuse.dev.java.net > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@appfuse.dev.java.net > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/AppFuse-project-status--tp25904834s2369p25961193.html Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@appfuse.dev.java.net For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@appfuse.dev.java.net
