Thanks for the explanation Chris! Guess I'm learning jquery, golly, I'll be a real web programmer yet. =)
On Sep 9, 7:58 pm, "Chris (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I think the reason we don't explicitly publish a list of "frontend > frameworks that play well with App Engine" is because there really is > no technical barrier between front end frameworks that work in the > browser such as JQuery, etc and the backend (App Engine). Many App > Engine users make full use of a myriad of front end technologies/ > frameworks for UI creation ranging from HTML5/JS/CSS to flash etc. > > JQuery is especially popular for a variety of Web app usages, so if > that works for you, I'd definitely continue trying it out. > > Hope this helps, > -Chris > > On Sep 9, 10:43 am, tempy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > A little background... I'm mostly new to web frontend development, I > > come from a mostly backend and desktop background. I have a GAEj app > > that provides the backend for a rather sophisticated desktop/mobile > > app. This backend will also drive a website in addition to the > > desktop/mobile app. > > > The website will show a small subset of the data in the system. I > > started with GWT, but it doesn't seem to be quite right. The website > > is for presentation of a small subset of the system's data only, and > > users do not interact with the data in any way other than searching > > for it. As the data is mostly unstructured text and some images, I > > feel most comfortable formatting it with plain old html/css. In fact, > > the layout of the site will be minimal and look a lot like a blog. As > > such, the website should certainly not feel like a single-page "web > > application" a la gmail. With GWT, I have little use for widgets and > > find myself constantly fighting with it to get a non-application look- > > and-feel. > > > The only functionality that I thus really need from GWT is the RPC > > component, the page should be AJAX, I don't want to do round trips to > > the server for every navigation event. > > > So, I'm not quite sure which framework to use with the GAEj backend. > > At first GWT seemed like a natural fit, but now seems like overkill. > > I'm doing some research on jquery, but I haven't seen a list of > > "frontend frameworks that play well on GAEj" anywhere. > > > Thanks for any advice, > > Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
