BTW, you can use GWT in a manor very similar to JQuery. Take a look a GQuery by Ray Cromwell. He has an incredible benchmark page which dynamically shows how GQuery out performs JQuery in almost every measure.
On 10 September 2010 05:53, John Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > You might want to look into Sitebricks which is a Google developed web app > framework built on top of Guice. It is a simple request response processor > with no fancy "component" abstractions like Wicket or Tapestry. This model > fits in very well with GWT (or other client frameworks) which request data > via RPC or small snippets of rendered html to assemble on the client. > > It is still very much in active development so you have to be prepared to > dig into the code and figure out the plumbing yourself. The author, Dhanji, > has built a fantastic API here - simple, powerful and clever. > > http://code.google.com/p/google-sitebricks/ > > John > > > On 10 September 2010 05:35, tempy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the explanation Chris! >> >> Guess I'm learning jquery, golly, I'll be a real web programmer yet. >> =) >> >> On Sep 9, 7:58 pm, "Chris (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Mike, >> > >> > I think the reason we don't explicitly publish a list of "frontend >> > frameworks that play well with App Engine" is because there really is >> > no technical barrier between front end frameworks that work in the >> > browser such as JQuery, etc and the backend (App Engine). Many App >> > Engine users make full use of a myriad of front end technologies/ >> > frameworks for UI creation ranging from HTML5/JS/CSS to flash etc. >> > >> > JQuery is especially popular for a variety of Web app usages, so if >> > that works for you, I'd definitely continue trying it out. >> > >> > Hope this helps, >> > -Chris >> > >> > On Sep 9, 10:43 am, tempy <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Hello all, >> > >> > > A little background... I'm mostly new to web frontend development, I >> > > come from a mostly backend and desktop background. I have a GAEj app >> > > that provides the backend for a rather sophisticated desktop/mobile >> > > app. This backend will also drive a website in addition to the >> > > desktop/mobile app. >> > >> > > The website will show a small subset of the data in the system. I >> > > started with GWT, but it doesn't seem to be quite right. The website >> > > is for presentation of a small subset of the system's data only, and >> > > users do not interact with the data in any way other than searching >> > > for it. As the data is mostly unstructured text and some images, I >> > > feel most comfortable formatting it with plain old html/css. In fact, >> > > the layout of the site will be minimal and look a lot like a blog. As >> > > such, the website should certainly not feel like a single-page "web >> > > application" a la gmail. With GWT, I have little use for widgets and >> > > find myself constantly fighting with it to get a non-application look- >> > > and-feel. >> > >> > > The only functionality that I thus really need from GWT is the RPC >> > > component, the page should be AJAX, I don't want to do round trips to >> > > the server for every navigation event. >> > >> > > So, I'm not quite sure which framework to use with the GAEj backend. >> > > At first GWT seemed like a natural fit, but now seems like overkill. >> > > I'm doing some research on jquery, but I haven't seen a list of >> > > "frontend frameworks that play well on GAEj" anywhere. >> > >> > > Thanks for any advice, >> > > Mike >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine for Java" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
