Andrea Aime wrote: > Luca Morandini ha scritto: >> A Java programmer can build good UIs too, I suspect. >> Look, I've never heard of a "saw craftsman" as unable to make an elegant >> wood table: let's separate the tool from the product. > > We're thinking of different things here. As Dijstra wisely stated > in "The humble programmer": "The competent programmer is fully aware of > the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the > programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids > clever tricks like the plague." > > While this has nothing to do with UI, the "limited size of the skull" > means, imho, that either one is a top notch java developer, or a very > good interaction/UI designer. The skill set is very different, someone > very proficient in both is kind of an exception, not the norm.
We shall agree to disagree on this: I like the concept of a "generalizing specialist" [1] ;) >> Actually, if you are serious about REST, no state should be on the >> server, hence calling for a pure AJAX client. > > If you look at http://www.spatialreference.org/, you'll > find a web app that's made along the rest principles, has no server > side state management, yet it's not using AJAX. Point taken, let me restate it: <<Actually, if you are serious about REST, no state should be on the server, hence calling for a pure AJAX client *unless your state is so simple that can be stored in hidden HTML forms*.>>. Actually, I did just this back in 2001... no RESTful services at the time though. Regards, [1] http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/generalizingSpecialists.htm -------------------- Luca Morandini www.lucamorandini.it -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
