How about saying to the forum that you want to create a framework for J to be used within Apache and if nobody says they have started that then do it?
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:16 PM, saul berg <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric Iverson <eric.b.iverson@...> writes: > > > > > There isn't a 'main intended use'. Jsoftware tries to provide core > > facilities. What you see in J7 is what you get. No secret plan or agenda. > > We've provided a base that allows the the community to move in various > > interesting directions. > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:41 AM, saul berg <sbaker8688@...> wrote: > > > > > i have been using j for a few years now. i have mulled the idea for a > > > while to > > > develop a "web framework" targeting j, and/or an apache (or other) > server > > > module > > > which would allow j to be used within the server. (by the way, i am > > > assuming > > > that none of these exist - correct me if i am wrong). > > > > > > at any rate, i recently downloaded the j701 and gave it a whirl. at > the > > > risk of > > > asking a dumb question, what is the "main intended use" of the new > system? > > > for > > > instance, is the intention to make j easier or better for use in web > > > applications? is the intention to make it easier to turn j into a > general > > > purpose web server? is the intention just to have a front end for the > > > future? > > > > > > the reason i ask is because of the first paragraph, i.e. i don't want > to > > > reinvent the wheel, or set off on some path that j701 is duplicating or > > > will be > > > duplicating. > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > perhaps i didn't ask the right question. you say "what you see is what you > get." perhaps my question should be "what am i seeing?" am i seeing a new > front end gui? a web server? something that functions (or could function) > like > an apache "mod_j"? > > put it this way. i don't want to go off writing the next "mod_j" if j7 is > essentially that. "what exactly is j7?" must sound like a dumb question, > but i > actually couldn't find any documentation answering this question adequately > for > me. i know it's a new front end - that's obvious. i know it has to use a > web > server to deliver that front end - that's obvious. all the other stuff is > less > obvious, i.e. is the web server portion just something small and light duty > with > the main purpose being to deliver the front end to the browser, or is it > something that is intended to compete with apache? is this thing already > essentially creating the ability to embed j in web pages (obviously there > is j > somewhere, obviously there is a web page i'm looking at, but the rest is > unclear > to me), or is a "mod_j" still needed? etc. > > thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
