First of all Tapestry is a web framework and that is the reason why developers start using it.Tapestry IoC is the heart and sole of Tapestry but it should not be the starting point for beginners. Tapestry IoC is not the reason why developer start using Tapestry. In most cases they even do not know about IoC concepts but relealize the strength during learning.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Christophe Cordenier < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to contribute to the great documentation effort started by > Ulrich and Robin as designer. I have seen all the work done to migrate the > existing documentation to confluence and macro to identify deprecated > documentation. > > Will the documentation continue to be generated from xdoc and apt files, or > will it be fully maintained via confluence ? > > Actually this WE, i have started to think on what should be the plan for a > reference guide and how to organize chapters. We have a lot of starters for > new comers but in my opinion with User guides, we miss to many existing and > interesting informations because of the lack of a structured TOC. > > This thought has lead me to this simple (and sorry if it sounds stupid) > question : What is Tapestry 5 ? > > In fact, tapestry-core corresponds to the module we use to build Web > applications, then 'core' Tapestry is Web application development. After > that i made a quick overview of modules present on trunk to get familiar > with fresh developments, here is the list : > > we have the most popular and most used : > - tapestry-ioc > - tapestry-spring > - tapestry-upload > - tapestry-hibernate and hibernate-core > - tapestry-test > > but also > > - tapestry-func > - tapestry-beanvalidator > - tapestry-jmx > - tapestry-webflow > > + all the existing third party libraries... > > My conclusion is that Tapestry is really so much more than a Web Framework > and the IOC is central. > > So to design the plan, > > Should i address IOC first and then talk about web application development > as any other part of the documentation ? > > or > > Should i emphasize on the Web development and make it central, and give a > plan for every contribution ? > > Anyway i would be pleased to contribute to the documentation effort for my > first contribution as committer, so suggestions are very welcome. > > -- > Regards, > Christophe Cordenier. > > Committer on Apache Tapestry 5 > Co-Creator of wooki @wookicentral.com > -- Best regards, Igor Drobiazko http://tapestry5.de
