Hi Tap List - Disclaimer: I'm more systems than dev at the moment, but I can fumble my way through J2EE deving and have implemented a standard protocol for telephony signalling in the early 2000's - I'm not pure dev these days because 10 years ago the complexity of java web dev put me off (read: xml config). But tapestry is great!
Short version: Drupal -> Tapestry port - has anyone done something similar with _any_ CMS to tapestry? If the CSS is available, and I make my blocks/template/components the same names/layout - I can't imagine there being much more special-ness to add. Comments? Is it that simple? Why? 1.. Personally, I'm sick of doing PHP stuff. I'm an old time hack these days :) and I like my network and systems than web stuff. Nothing is out-of-the-box magic, so if I _have_ to do stuff, I'd rather do it in tapestry. 2.. To create the ability to port from a PHP(any) CMS to tapestry. The way I see it - the model is pretty much there in the DB, lots of people have learned OO stuff - and you can craft most of it in a day or two if a) it's a crappy schema; or, b) it's just not the type of thing you're good at. You could point at it with POJOGEN (http://pojogen.sourceforge.net/ - used it, no probs for me) or eclipse I believe. Longer version: if you're still reading - cool - me too :) I've had an idea for ages - I like just hacking at bits of code here and there but as I get a little bit older there's a little bit less and less wanting to do so - a comment from a tapestry legend (GC of jumpstart fame) set it off - why dive into an existing framework to find it's bugs and mangle with it when you don't have to with tapestry. Having used drupal for 4+ years for prototypes and what not, I just don't like PHP. I've got some junk testing libs that come-to-think-off-it will put up on github if they still work - e.g. webservices etc. great - drupal for instance is just coming out of v6 and into v7 (well for 12 months) but v6 websites are still out there in the thousands. If I get started, on it (which I will) is there anyone that's willing to follow me down the rabbit hole? On a slight tangent: Same with sugarcrm - the last CRM migration I did was 5 years ago (it seems, maybe). It's an OK CRM but a CRM is a massive undertaking. These CRMs charge $12 - $20+/user/month - tapestry community could make something like that within 12 months. Sort of Co-Op style. /rant Chris
