On 2012-07-12, at 4:01 AM, Hugi Thordarson wrote: >>> I think Hugi also use it. >> >> Is that a point for or against it? :-P > > <PastedGraphic-1.png>
Ah ha! So you ARE still reading the list! :-) Good to see you around! > But yes, I've used Cayenne on a couple of projects. As you know it feels a > *lot* like EOF and was by far the nicest ORM I could legally use at my > previous pure java workplace. (protip: never go anywhere near JPA, it *will* > rape your dog and kill your grandmother.) LOL > Apart from the technical similarities, Cayenne also has another important > thing in common with WO: A good community and an active mailing list full of > nice and helpful people, so you never get stuck along the way. That is good to hear and not surprising considering that some of them are ex-WO people. > Cayenne is still missing a lot of functionality when compared to EOF/Wonder > and generally feels less mature (understandably, since EOF is ancient). This > is perhaps not such a huge problem, since functionality can always be > added—but there is indeed a *lot* of work to be done to reach feature parity > with EOF. > > It's clear that at some point most of us will have to stop using EOF in it's > current form. In a perfect world (that's the world where I have endless time > and money) I'd do a clean room implementation of EOF and live happily ever > after. But this is indeed not a perfect world, so helping making Cayenne > better and more integrated with WO seems like a more realistic goal (besides, > it allows more resources to be spent on a re-implementation of WO; something > I'd love to participate in). Chuck -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. http://www.global-village.net/gvc/practical_webobjects _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
