On 10 July 2011 00:12, Luciano Resende <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Subash Chaturanga <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Luciano Resende <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Umashanthi Pavalanathan > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > During an offline discussion with Luciano, we discussed about the UI > >> > technology. Had two choices: dojo and jQuery; finally we decided to > use > >> > dojo, since it is being used in PhotArk UI already. In case if we need > >> more > >> > features we can get them from jQuery or some other library. > >> > >> What are the community thoughts about jQuery versus Dojo ? Should we > >> consider anything other then dojo for the UI on the REST branch ? > >> > > > > +1 for Dojo. > > > > When considering GWT over other well known js frameworks like JQuery or > > Dojo, people who are good at front end designing, most of them > comfortable > > with having HTMLs to structure and style them with CSS(which is pretty > clean > > and straightforward ). But in GWT we are kinda forced to use decent MVC > and > > client-server design patterns which may have a bit of a learning curve > for > > new developers. > > > > So in terms of migration to GWT in REST, we should consider the > adaptability > > of it with our future PhotArk contributors. There is no such huge > advantage > > of using GWT over Dojo except for java developers. But there are many > > developers who are from .NET, C++, PHP backgrounds. So such person might > not > > interested in understanding GWT and contribute to us. And also, as Suho > > mentioned, we have the advantage of reusing front end codes straight away > > from trunk if we stick to Dojo. > > > > > > +1 for continue to use a JavaScript framework. I believe that, if you > are doing a java application, use java, if you are doing a browser ui, > use the native capabilities of the browser (html, javascript, css) > which will give you the most flexibility. > > > Yes +1 for JavaScript framework
Regards Suho > -- > Luciano Resende > http://people.apache.org/~lresende > http://twitter.com/lresende1975 > http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >
