Does this mean that a web framework actually *is* necessary, but that if not supplied otherwise, velocity uses it's own simple one?
Brenton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will Glass-Husain Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:59 AM To: Velocity Users List Subject: Re: Beginner trying to install velocity to apache server Actually, Velocity provides the "VelocityViewServlet" which is a ultra simple web framework (i.e. category 1). You just drop the templates in your Tomcat web app and you go. Have you seen this article? http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/webapps.html WILL On 9/22/06, Peter Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't comment on Click as I've never used it, but I must recommend > staying away from Struts. I know I may start an argument here as > there are a lot of people who still live by them but I've used Struts, > and while they were great when they first came out and there weren't > alternatives, I have found them to be inferior to many other newer MVC/MVC2 frameworks. > > You don't NEED anything from 1. To be honest, I wouldn't bother with > any other MVC framework until you learn velocity and all it offers. > > All you need to do to get velocity based pages to render your computer is: > > Install Tomcat and then Velocity. That's it. > > Once you are comfortable with the above and are writing some simple > velocity backed servlets, then do your OWN investigation as to a > supporting framework to help you. My suggestions to look at are > Spring MVC/Web flow, Tapestry, JSF, but remember these aren't > necessary, and in my opinion can add an unnecessary layer unless the web app developed is going to be quite large. > > Again this is a matter of opinion and others may argue that you should > never develop a web app without one of these helper frameworks under > the templating language, and I encourage you to explore them for > yourself after getting comfortable with a basic velocity only webapp. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brenton Strine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:16 AM > To: Velocity Users List > Subject: RE: Beginner trying to install velocity to apache server > > Wow, I really wasn't getting it! Thanks everyone. May I ask a > clarifacatory question? > > It seemed to me that all the stuff mentioned goes into two categories: > > 1: click, struts > 2: tomcat, jboss, websphere, resin, jetty > > And possibly 3: resin, apache. > > > And my understanding is that to get velocity to render on my pc, I > need to install one thing from category 1, and one thing from category 2. Correct? > > I'm going to want to install either the easiest or the one with the > most detailed install documentation available. > > Thanks, > > Brenton > > --------------------------------------------------------- ------------ > 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] > > -- Forio Business Simulations Will Glass-Husain [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.forio.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 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]
