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On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Joseph Pachod <[email protected]> wrote:

> Lester Chua wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am facing a hurdle that need crossing in my final attempt to push Wicket
>> for use in an organization.
>> I have:
>>
>> 1) Prototyped a small size module
>> 2) Did 2-3 presentations on the key features and advantages of wicket
>>
>> No one is disputing my claims about productivity and good OO code that was
>> the result.
>>
>> BUT, the technology evaluation committee is NOT recommending Wicket
>> because of..... of all things.....
>> - Wicket's Low Adoption Rate!!!!
>> Can I find any numbers to blow this away?
>>
>> My alternative is to accept the finding and work with Struts 2. Which will
>> mean the stack will need to expand to DWR
>> (for security). I REALLY don't want to go there, and am even considering
>> not taking part in this project due to the high risk involved, only 9 months
>> to introduce huge changes to a system that has lots of legacy problems (took
>> about 3 years to build). I think a lot of those years were spent wrestling
>> with the monster that is EJB 1.1. The only way I thought the project can
>> even be on time is to scrap the entire presentation layer (aka Struts) and
>> redo it in Wicket with 1 dedicated developer while the rest of the team work
>> on killing the beast that is EJB 1.1 by refactoring the biz code.
>>
>> Sigh, my choices are stark. It's either to keep the job and plough ahead
>> and probably fail spectacularly 9 months later or go hungry and explain to
>> my wife why we need to spend less on the kid......
>>
>> It's easy to blame the tech committee but they did help me find wicket by
>> rejecting my initial proposal to build the new system on a
>> (JQuery+JSON+REST) framework, which can be very productive as well, if not
>> as "clean" as Wicket.
>>
>> Sorry for rambling so much. Is there any way I can demolish the silly low
>> adoption rate argument (omg I still don't believe it can be so lame)?
>>
>> Lester
>>
>>
>>
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>>  Hi Lester
>
> Did you point out that someone like Gavin King recommends wicket (and hence
> the Seam support for it) ?
>
> It may help to convince about wicket's credibility.
>
> hope it helps
> ++
>
> --
> Joseph Pachod
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