Most of the support needed for Less and CoffeeScript is already present; the trick is finding a reliable Java-compatible library that can execute the necessary code transformations (which are generally written in Ruby or JavaScript).
http://code.google.com/p/wro4j/wiki/Features looks promising, but is geared more for build-time conversions, rather than runtime. I just haven't had spare cycles to spare on this. On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo <thiag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:31:35 -0200, Andreas Fink <fink.a...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> Sorry for my hasty and not well formulated rant. >> >> I was just thinking about the announcment of the Rails-team to switch to >> Coffeescript and what an impact that has on developers and existing apps. >> >> There is always that compromise between flexibility and high-level tools >> but as the server side of Tapestry focusses so much on flexibilty/modularity >> i think it would make sense to follow that route also for the browser side. > > > In this case, it would be just an out-of-the-box support for a given package > that wouldn't prevent support for other similar packages. In addition, it's > quite probable that it would make it easier to add support for other similar > packages. ;) > > > -- > Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > Independent Java, Apache Tapestry 5 and Hibernate consultant, developer, and > instructor > Owner, Ars Machina Tecnologia da Informação Ltda. > http://www.arsmachina.com.br > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator of Apache Tapestry The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! (971) 678-5210 http://howardlewisship.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
