Welcome aboard Robert! I hope to look at the Cayenne+Tapestry stuff more in the near future and can hopefully contribute a bit.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Robert Zeigler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the vote of confidence. > I've enjoyed using cayenne for the last 4-5 years. I came to cayenne > looking for alternatives to hibernate. Although hibernate was powerful, it > also seemed grossly complicated and opaque. I've thoroughly enjoyed > cayenne's focus on the /developer/ experience, ease of use, and transparency > of the framework. As a committer, some of my interests are: > > 1) To improve the usability and learnability of the framework > Recent experiences in teaching new users the ins and outs of the > framework have highlighted a few fringe cases that can be frustrating, > including: > a) Differences in handling between relationships vs. > properties, particularly in the context of transient vs. non-transient > objects > b) Difficulties in providing a satisfactory solution to the > problem of dirty state being potentially perpetuated and preventing clean > commits > * This relates to a, particularly in relation to > web-development > * More details later > > 2) To expand the feature-set to be more competitive with other ORM tools out > there, while maintaining the simplicity and transparency that is cayenne. > > 3) To continue integration efforts > * As Kevin mentioned, I've worked considerably on integrating > Tapestry 5 and Cayenne; I would like to improve that integration, whether > the project eventually winds up as a subject project of cayenne, tapestry, > or neither. > > My thanks, as well, to the cayenne community who has always been > considerate, helpful, and intelligent. > > Robert
