Why JXTemplate and not Velocity? They are very similar. It would seem logical to take a top level and well known templating framework like Velocity rather than JXTemplate. Any insights appreciated ...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Antonio Gallardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:23 AM Subject: Re: Cocoon direction > Hi Derek: > > This is my own opinion of how are things: > > 1-Flow is the way to go. This is a very powerful technology that radically > change the webapp development as we know it. We can note interest in flow > engine in other communities as Struts. > > 2-Velocity, XSP and JSP are supported as "legacy" technologies. A lot of > people used it for long time and feel confortable to use it. We cannot > drop the support suddenly, but developers are more interested in the new > way to make things work. I think Cocoon will support them for a long time, > because it does not hurt at all. It allow to easily integrate old code to > Cocoon. > > 3-JXTemplate is the next generation generator and is the way to go in some > cases. The idea is to use it as a complement for CForms. > > 4-SQL Tranformer is not a good choice. I think it was a good choice before > Flow. I think that we can talk about Cocoon before and after flow. ;-) > > You can take more advantages using an O/R mapping tool. I particulary > found OJB very interesting. Contrary to what a lot of people tell on this > list, OJB has a diferent approach than Hibernate. We cannot tell both are > "totally equals". There is not only a syntax sugar diference, there is > more. But perhaps, this is OT in this list. > > Another interesting point is the combination of lightweight containers > that use POJO with cocoon. I already saw a sample that Ugo Cei kindly > shared with the rest of us in wiki. (Thanks Ugo!). > > I hope this help. > > Best Regards, > > Antonio Gallardo. > > > Derek Hohls dijo: > > K > > > > I hope a developer will give an answer to this (if they > > dont, post on the developers list), but from my perspective > > I can say that I started with XSP and am now moving to "lighter" > > components such the SQL Generator and JXTemplates, with > > flow to tie things togeter. > > > > I have not used (or had to use) velocity before, so I cannot > > comment on how and why *you* would need or want it. > > > > D (derek) > > > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004/06/24 07:35:10 PM >>> > > I hear that Cocoon will be embracing flow as the predominant paradigm > > for > > app development. The flow docs tell me that XSP, Jx and velocity are > > supported page creation technologies supported? Does this mean jsps > > are > > being relegated? Is velocity based pages considered mainstream for > > developing cocoon? > > > > Thanks > > K > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
