Yes, I think Restlet is definitely not for you. You listed some "missing features" that are pretty basic elements in the Restlet first steps tutorial -- like running a standalone with Jetty or running as a Web application -- things I picked up in the first hour I downloaded Restlet around two years ago ... so something definitely did not translate to your experience.
Maybe I have a different perspective on simplicity, though: Restlet doesn't introduce much in the way of "new" concepts, it uses Java to express the principles of REST, which predate even Fielding's 2000 thesis which officially named them, being part and parcel of the stateless design of the Web. For me (and I admit I am getting to be an old guy, and one who can recite large sections of RFC 2616) the structure of Restlet is quite natural and easy, because it accurately reflects the internal architecture of the Web. Since I think it is safe to say that the Web has been a reasonably successful technology, I find it a little sad that its architecture seems complex and confusing to anyone. Still, I wish you luck on your simplified RESTful framework and hope that it successfully reaches a different audience than Restlet. - Rob On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:24 PM, code dude <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks , > > I used restlet on one my projects which live since one year , i fond > RESTLET to be too complex and confusing also it lacks some features like (i > maynot be aware if features might exist) > > - restlet get or post parameters should be automatically mapped to some > kind of object > - asycn communtication should be supported > - restlet should have option to run as webapp on tomcat or jetty > - Pl use jetty for standalone > - its too complex !! too many new concepts , use KISS > > so i am writting my own trimmed down RESTLET framework using jetty > continuations , I hope opensource when its done > > Best Regards, > > Code Dude > > ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=1114157
