sounds great. regards, david
On 12/18/07, Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Wow, V2.0 already :-) > > We seem to agree on the need to merge µsling back into Sling, so I > think it' be good to agree on the goals first - feel free to comment > and expand on the following list of high-level goals and requirements > for µsling 2.0. > > µsling 2.0 is a preconfigured instance of Sling, meant to allow web > developers to test drive Sling by building scripted web and REST > applications backed by a JCR repository. > > The µsling 2.0 distribution only requires a Java 5 VM to run, no > installation is needed. Fifteen minutes should be enough to start > µsling and understand the basic concepts, based on self-guiding > examples. > > Java programming is not required to build web and REST applications > with µsling 2.0: both server-side and client-side javascript code and > presentation templates can be used to process HTTP requests. Other > scripting and templating languages (JSP and BSF-supported ones) can > be plugged in easily. > > The µjax "application protocol" and client-side javascript "JCR proxy" > library make it easy to write powerful Ajaxish JCR-based applications > with µsling 2.0. > > µsling 2.0 is built on the same codebase as Sling, it's only a > specific configuration of Sling. > > All µsling 2.0 features are available in Sling applications, as long > as they are enabled in the Sling configuration. > > Sling (and µsling, as it runs the same core code) uses OSGi to > modularize the framework, but µsling does not require any OSGI skills, > and makes OSGI largely invisible to beginners. > > All Sling features and modules can also be activated in a µsling 2.0 > instance, by installing and activating the required OSGi bundles. > > µsling 2.0 passes all the integration tests of the existing microsling > test suite (SVN revision 605206), with minor adaptations where needed. > > µsling 2.0 includes a WebDAV server module to make it easy to copy > scripts into the JCR repository. > > This WebDAV module currently supports the Jackrabbit JCR repository, > but Sling is meant to run with any JCR repository. > > -Bertrand >
