Hi Danie, Thanks for suggeseting T5, after one day learning, somehow I know how to create a basic T5 app, cool framkework. was reading the book "Enjoying Web development with Tapestry" before, after several chapters, I found myself enjoying nothing, with all those diagrams, xml specs, etc.. T5 is really something enjoyable, you almost like writing a desktop app, if ajax is added, that will be better than Google's GWT.
A.C. Daniel Jue wrote: > > If you can wait for AJAX functionality (late 2007?) , I would say go > with Tapestry 5. If you need AJAX immediately, the latest Tapestry 4 > is best. Tapestry 5 is the "next generation" Tapestry, and the T4 > code is not directly compatible. That said, your T4 code isn't > completely useless either. T5 is still very component based. I've > only worked with Tapestry 4 and 5, and I would say that Tapestry 5 is > easier to learn, although for many people it's been a challenge to get > started initially (mostly due to quickstart directions that weren't > updated, regarding Maven). Also some T5 quickstarts included a few > lines of code that needed to be changed or removed in order for the > code to work. Don't be discouraged if it doesn't all come together at > once -- people who have it running seem to love it, even though it is > not fully completed. > > Maven's a great tool, and after you learn the basics I think newcomers > will like it. There is a free ebook on the web that will teach you > more that you'll need to know about Maven. > > In Tapestry 5, almost everything you'll need to write is a non > abstract class. The directory structure of your web application is > much better defined, IMHO. One of the best things is that there are > no more xml files for your pages. For me it made things much simpler. > > I'm not a Tapestry expert by any means, and I sometimes find myself > wanting to do things the hard way. Luckily there are a lot of nice > people on this list who have politely corrected me, and shown me the > better way. > > In addition there is a wiki page for T5 that is actively updated. I'm > only a junior developer, so I try to add simple things that would help > out people like myself. But others add more advanced how-to's. You > might want to take a look, since it also links to sample code included > in Tapestry. From there you can get a feel of how it works. > http://wiki.apache.org/tapestry/Tapestry5HowTos > > On 8/20/07, Angelo Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Daniel, >> >> Thanks for the reply, I'm learning Tapestry 4, from those samples I saw, >> it's ok to use either abtract or not as page class, so which one is >> better? >> maybe non abstract class to be compatible with Tapestry 5? I'm just >> evaluating frameworks for a coming project, is it advisable to use >> Tapestry >> 5 instead of 4? Thanks. >> >> A.C. >> >> >> Daniel Jue wrote: >> > >> > Hi Tapestry 4 relied more on abstract classes. In Tapestry 5, you are >> > usually writing concrete classes -- tapestry does it's magic on all >> > the classes under /pages. You can still have an abstract class to >> > base your pages on, but that class should probably go in /base instead >> > of /pages, since it wont have a page template of it's own. >> > >> > I believe this is covered on the Tapestry 5 main website. >> > >> > >> > On 8/20/07, Angelo Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/abstract-or-no-tf4298749.html#a12246721 >> Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/abstract-or-no-tf4298749.html#a12276044 Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
