Saul, Just in terms of getting familiar with other things that have been done (apart from J7 JHS), you might also want to take a look at: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/JHP http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/CGI http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Web
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:16 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
