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[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/26/99 05:41:13 PM
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cc: (bcc: Glen C. Hawkins/Users/Skyway)
Subject: RE: Enhydra XMLC vs. JSP
G'day Glen,
I have used both JSP and Enhydra XMLC. I found JSP really quite effective
in separating presentation and business logic (but it is a little too
easy inadvertantly putting too much business logic in the JSP).
Things that I found with XMLC (which is just my opinions)
- The fact that you need to manually compile your templates every time
you change it is annoying. This requires a little knowledge, I believe
of java packages, where to put your class file etc. It would be miles
better if it were generated on the fly.
- It's good that you can use other Web Dev tools like Dreamweaver and
Hot Dog. (But no FrontPage - it really alters your HTML without telling
you
a little too frequently - this really can mess up the layout of your
XMLC template).
- I sort of remember that the setter methods to set the values in variables
in the template always change names depending on the name of the template
variable. This was a bit annoying.
A better strategy would have been to just have one method which could
change all template variables just by supplying the name of the variable
you want to set.
- Found that tables and lists (bulleted and numbered) were a little
difficult
to do.
Things that I found with JSP
- I just love the power of the scriptlets etc. Although with power,
there is also misuse of power. And it is easy to put too much logic
inside your JSP.
- I love the autocompilation feature and the errorPage directive.
With both:
- It is still a little bit difficult (in Australia and possibly the US as
well), to get web page designers to use any of these two technologies.
They are more familiar with ASPs.
- They are great to separate logic and presentation.
I personally like JSPs as it allows me to separate presentation better.
Using XMLC, it requires most of the presentation in the Templates, but
still
some of the presentation inside the servlet as well (replace this
template variable with this value etc). That is my personal opinion.
Remember, this really is just my personal opinion and I am sure there
are many other people who swear by XMLC.
Hope that helps,
Ho
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