As someone that usually tries to "sell" the idea of using Tapestry to others the main resistance points have been:
- People love drag&drop and autocompletion :o) . It's a major letdown when i tell people they won't have any IDE integration with this framework. - The backwards compatibility thingy always comes into play. I always explain that with T5 that shouldn't be a problem but people always make the "yeah right, that's what you said about T4". I guess this one will work itself out in time. As a developer: - The eternal documentation problem. - Support for AJAX is still very limited compared to the huge potential here. - No one works issues out except Howard. At least my experience as an issue creator is that the only developer to ever pick up on the issues i created and resolve them is Howard except some 1 or 2 cases. This obviously leads to longer times in issue resolution. Also, this leads back to the "one man show" problem tapestry has had although i feel that it's much better than a few years ago. I guess what i'm trying to say is that it's about time the other developers have a more active role on the development of the framework. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Inge Solvoll <inge.tapes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I have been reading the "beautiful" thread and added my opinion about what's > great about Tapestry. It's nice to sum up why we all are so excited about > this, it obviously makes both us and the creator(s) feel good about > ourselves. But for a little while, I challenge us all to stop tapping each > others' backs and go into depth about what's not to like about our beloved > framework. > > The most obvious questions that could be asked probably have some very > obvious answers. But T5, as I see it, is all about addressing stuff that > other frameworks have given up on and create excellent implementations > rather than just looking the other way. Difficult and uncomfortable > questions should be addressed the same way. > > So: > > What are the main reasons that T5 isn't one of the "big ones", when we all > seem to agree that it is so much better than most other frameworks out > there? Why is T5 NOT beautiful? > > Hope I'm not insulting anyone, I'm a big fan too, I just think this actually > could lead to significant insight :) > > Regards > > Inge > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
