to 2. toukok. 2019 klo 7.02 Andrew Kondratev ([email protected])
kirjoitti:

> Hi Colleagues!
>
> Are there any plans about refactoring / modernisation of wicket's front-end
> code?
>
> What comes to my mind:
>
>    - Start using TypeScript for a new code, so we can have type safety on
>    the front end side as well. TypeScript is also released under apache
>    license, so I think there should be no licensing issue with this.
>    Potentially, as a crazy idea Kotlin could also work, but I think
> TypeScript
>    suits better and requires less effort and learning;
>    - Potentially get rid of jQuery, it's not that useful in 2019 (wicket
>    has recently dropped legacy IE support);
>    - Potentially introduce some modern lightweight front-end framework such
>    as ReactJS;
>

Hi! Proposals regarding TypeScript and jQuery make sense, but introducing a
new unnecessary dependency such as ReactJS seems contradictory to the
removal of jQuery. I would propose leaving ReactJS (and its equivalents) to
each implementation/extensions instead of core.

**
Martin


> Sorry if it was already discussed, I searched on issues.apache.org/jira
> and
> didn't find anything relevant. Just wanted to discuss if something like
> this is possible for distant future release. Potentially I can devote a few
> hours a week to this.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Andrew
>

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