Guys, I read somewhere some time back that Kent Tong, a Tapestry commiter, is writing a book on Wicket. Anyone has info on the status of this? And Kent, if your reading, could you please shed some light on the availability of your book on Wicket?
Regards, Emmanuel On Jan 3, 2008 10:11 PM, Chris Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Emmanuel, > > I have not been using tapestry long. In fact it was only a few months > ago that I first heard of tapestry 4, at which point I bought Kent > Tong's book and began examining its possible use. Until tapestry I had > avoided web development in Java because I could not justify the time it > took to develop my projects in such a rigid environment. Worse was that > the 'scene' seemed largely filled with purists reeking of anti-pragmatism. > One day I noticed a note on the site about tapestry 5, and how one > should spend time in it as it would eclipse 4 and be basically > incompatible. That sounded odd, so I did research. As you may have > guessed, I learned about tapestry's progressive yet spotty history of > pushing the envelope while at the same time alienating many users from > adopting it. It seemed somewhat cruel to me, but I settled on being ok > as tapestry 4 was being, and is still being maintained. Bugs are being > fixed and new features are still finding themselves implemented. > Now, don't confuse my words - I don't look at this history and think it > was good to do some of the things that were done. If I were a manager I > might have legitimate concerns about using a framework with such a > liquid history. Then I starting working with T5, and if it took that > mistakes that were made to arrive at this juncture, I'll be so bold as > to say they were worth it. > People using T5 understand the 'risks' and disappointments you are > pointing out. They are no secret. On the contrary they are quite public. > As such I ask this of you: please cease with your regurgitated points > and annotations. We all know. We also all know about Wicket. It too is a > respectable and highly visible framework. Your points, which now are > just rants, are falling on dead ears here. If you seek an audience, > kindly find a more receptive one on which to spew your bile. However out > of respect for the users that constructively seek to support and use > this framework, and out of respect for your own professional profile, > please stop with such messages. > > sincerely, > chris > > Emmanuel Sowah wrote: > > Wao, this Wicket framework is becoming hotter and hotter each day. Worth > > taking a serious look at it. > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 9:06 PM, Jan Vissers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> http://wicket.apache.org/ > >> > >> Apart from wicket also switching to slf4j, the new version now also > >> supports JSR-168/JSR-286. Apparently without changing code. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
