Ok, well in that case the same arguments hold except for the ajax thingy. Eelco
On 3/29/06, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think he was talking about Echo not Echo 2 :) > > -Igor > > > > On 3/29/06, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > I was browsing some of the framework comparisons on the web and realized > > that though Wicket is in key ways most similar to Echo. Yet, very little > > has been written to contrast these two. The one difference that I can > > ascertain is that Wicket exposes the underlying html whereas Echo > completely > > hides the html from the developer. What are some of the implications of > > this difference that would make Wicket better than Echo? > > (I dislike html, so that's a point for Echo, but maybe access to the html > is sometimes > > necessary – which would be a point for Wicket). > > First of all, I don't think we are better; we took different > approaches which may or may not suit you. > > The most striking differences are that Echo 2 is fully based on ajax - > which choose to implement ajax additional/ optional - that it works > with it's own layout management - while we believe HTML is suited for > that, and another abstraction let's you loose flexiblity and makes > things less transparent -, and doesn't support the back button and > bookmarkable urls. These latter two things seem to be a deliberate > choice, and if you see how much work this is to get it right for > Wicket, I can image why they made that choice. > > The best way to learn about these differences is to just build e.g. a > simple CRUD application with both frameworks. > > Eelco > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmdlnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
