Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-12 Thread Andrew Savory
Hi, On 7 Dec 2005, at 23:26, Thomas Lutz wrote: Second argument: It was hard to explain, why I kicked struts out, and used cocoon instead. And it was even harder to explain that there is JavaScript in the server part. Managers who buy oracle don't like to hear things like this... To

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-10 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Thursday 08 December 2005 02:10, Daniel Fagerstrom wrote: With this I measn that you can use the parts of Cocoon that you like, in the way you like in your webapp, without having to buy a whole religion. Being a devout atheist, I must +1000 this one. Niclas

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-09 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 23:56, Sylvain Wallez wrote: * No IDE support for JavaScript There's a JS plugin in Eclipse webtools and the amazing JSEclipse [4] that does autocompletion of function and argument names, plus tooltips and all that stuff. Really?? How can it do code completion

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-08 Thread Berin Loritsch
On Wednesday December 07, 2005 6:26 pm, Thomas Lutz wrote: Though I am not a dev guy, I can't resist to vote, too. IMHO a mix makes no sense. Too make a long story short I made struggled my way into cocoon with snip type=everything I was feeling, and I'm not alone in my view/ Last comment:

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-08 Thread Sylvain Wallez
Ross Gardler wrote: Now I'd better stop before I start convincing myself that people will find all 600 pages of my PhD interesting ;-) Any pointer for those that might be interested? Sylvain -- Sylvain WallezAnyware Technologies http://bluxte.net

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-08 Thread Andreas Hochsteger
Berin Loritsch schrieb: So, please :-), only one language, and as cocoon (or whatever it's name will be :-) ) is a J2EE framework: _Java_ I hear you, and hopefully even more. Sorry for the interference :-), regards, tom Please interfere. Users lurking on dev are more than welcome to

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-08 Thread Ross Gardler
Sylvain Wallez wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: Now I'd better stop before I start convincing myself that people will find all 600 pages of my PhD interesting ;-) Any pointer for those that might be interested? This research is fairly old now (6 years), and things have moved on a little,

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-08 Thread Ross Gardler
Ross Gardler wrote: Sylvain Wallez wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: Now I'd better stop before I start convincing myself that people will find all 600 pages of my PhD interesting ;-) Any pointer for those that might be interested? This research is fairly old now (6 years), and things have

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-08 Thread dave-
Berin Loritsch wrote: In all the talks of redesign or not, there has been a recurring question as to the vision. Sylvain has outlined some things that he would like to see, but they really don't constitute a vision. They are a nice list of improvements, but they aren't a vision. In my

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Ross Gardler
Sylvain Wallez wrote: Berin Loritsch wrote: In all the talks of redesign or not, there has been a recurring question as to the vision. Sylvain has outlined some things that he would like to see, but they really don't constitute a vision. They are a nice list of improvements, but they

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Le 7 déc. 05, à 09:10, Ross Gardler a écrit : ...I envision being able to build a Cocoon application by saying given these input types, I want this output type and to have the resulting application automatically tested against my test inputs... Not sure if I understand what you mean, could

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Torsten Curdt
Berin: I envision a Cocoon which takes its principle strengths in separation of concerns to make developing web applications easier. Modern web applications provide machine-to-machine communications via web services and email as well as various views into the data. I envision a Cocoon

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Ugo Cei
Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 09:40, Torsten Curdt ha scritto: Plus I envision to have good testcase coverage for the whole system. I envision to have a clean core that shines through simplicity. I envision a non-viral component handling (One word: AbstractLogEnabled). POJOs and factories

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Sylvain Wallez
Ugo Cei wrote: Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 09:40, Torsten Curdt ha scritto: Plus I envision to have good testcase coverage for the whole system. I envision to have a clean core that shines through simplicity. I envision a non-viral component handling (One word: AbstractLogEnabled). POJOs

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Ross Gardler
Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Le 7 déc. 05, à 09:10, Ross Gardler a écrit : ...I envision being able to build a Cocoon application by saying given these input types, I want this output type and to have the resulting application automatically tested against my test inputs... Not sure if I

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Mats Norén
Ross Gardler wrote: Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Le 7 déc. 05, à 09:10, Ross Gardler a écrit : ...I envision being able to build a Cocoon application by saying given these input types, I want this output type and to have the resulting application automatically tested against my test inputs...

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Ugo Cei
Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 10:13, Sylvain Wallez ha scritto: I was expecting you to also add I envision a Cocoon where all exceptions would be unckecked :-) Ça va sans dire. Oh, by the way, how do you expect to be able to distribute Cocoon in France now that they are going to outlaw

[Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
In the exchange below I did some creative snipping to emphasize where we are not 100% aligned on vision. Below I will bring out my points, knowing that I'm not the guy who sets the tone for Cocoon. Torsten Curdt wrote: Berin: ... I envision a Cocoon which takes its principle strengths in

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
Berin Loritsch wrote: What's your preference for the vision? [ ] All web apps written in JavaScript [X] All web apps written in pure Java [ ] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today)

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread hepabolu
Berin Loritsch wrote: What's your preference for the vision? [ ] All web apps written in JavaScript [ ] All web apps written in pure Java [X] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today) With Ajax and other bells and whistles on the client side, there will always be

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Ralph Goers
None of these. I have a vision where the business services are implemented in Java, the web application is defined in a stateful flow controller (xml config) and the views are generated using pipelines with standard components. So my answer is - No programming language on the server, just

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
hepabolu wrote: Berin Loritsch wrote: What's your preference for the vision? [ ] All web apps written in JavaScript [ ] All web apps written in pure Java [X] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today) With Ajax and other bells and whistles on the client side, there will

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
Ralph Goers wrote: None of these. I have a vision where the business services are implemented in Java, the web application is defined in a stateful flow controller (xml config) and the views are generated using pipelines with standard components. So my answer is - No programming language

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Vadim Gritsenko
Berin Loritsch wrote: What's your preference for the vision? [ ] All web apps written in JavaScript [ ] All web apps written in pure Java [X] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today) Vadim

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Vadim Gritsenko
Berin: I envision a Cocoon which takes its principle strengths in separation of concerns to make developing web applications easier. Modern web applications provide machine-to-machine communications via web services and email as well as various views into the data. I envision a Cocoon

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Ralph Goers
Berin Loritsch wrote: Ralph Goers wrote: None of these. I have a vision where the business services are implemented in Java, the web application is defined in a stateful flow controller (xml config) and the views are generated using pipelines with standard components. So my answer is - No

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Ross Gardler
Berin Loritsch wrote: Ralph Goers wrote: None of these. I have a vision where the business services are implemented in Java, the web application is defined in a stateful flow controller (xml config) and the views are generated using pipelines with standard components. So my answer is - No

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
Ross Gardler wrote: Berin Loritsch wrote: I would argue that what you are talking about is a domain specific language in the guise of configuration (just like your hibernate descriptors and ant scripts). Sometimes, DSL's bring many benefits, just consider the sitemap. Do we want to know

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Sylvain Wallez
Berin Loritsch wrote: In the exchange below I did some creative snipping to emphasize where we are not 100% aligned on vision. Below I will bring out my points, knowing that I'm not the guy who sets the tone for Cocoon. We are collectively setting the tone, and your inputs are very valuable!

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Ugo Cei
Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 11:43, Ross Gardler ha scritto: Most businesses are made up of common business processes. The odd one will be unique to that business, but most are common. In the case of the unique practices the software needs to be customised, but in the case of common

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Ugo Cei
Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 15:23, Berin Loritsch ha scritto: What's your preference for the vision? [ ] All web apps written in JavaScript [X ] All web apps written in pure Java [ ] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today) Ugo -- Ugo Cei Tech Blog:

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
So far it seems as if we are looking at two options: Pure Java or status quo. And so far we are something along the lines of 2 for Java and 2 (possibly 3) for status quo. Anyone else have input? Ugo Cei wrote: Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 15:23, Berin Loritsch ha scritto: What's your

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Lundquist
On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:23 AM, Berin Loritsch wrote: [X] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today)

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Daniel Fagerstrom
Following the vision that Bertrand and Marc expressed, I'd like to see Cocoon becoming less of a xml webapp framework and more of a set of reuasble xml webapp components and a set of design patterns. With this I measn that you can use the parts of Cocoon that you like, in the way you like in

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
[ X] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today) Assuming we can move to a componentized Cocoon, the components will be usable from both javascript or java. (or from JRuby for that matter, which is supposed to support Rails [1] in a few months ;-) -Bertrand [1]

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-07 Thread Ross Gardler
Mats Norén wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Le 7 déc. 05, à 09:10, Ross Gardler a écrit : ...I envision being able to build a Cocoon application by saying given these input types, I want this output type and to have the resulting application automatically tested

OT [Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done]

2005-12-07 Thread Ross Gardler
Ugo Cei wrote: Il giorno 07/dic/05, alle ore 11:43, Ross Gardler ha scritto: Most businesses are made up of common business processes. The odd one will be unique to that business, but most are common. In the case of the unique practices the software needs to be customised, but in the

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Ross Gardler
[X] Mix and match (not as simple, but is status quo with today) However, to be effective we need a core development effort, therefore the *official* support should be for a limited subset of what is in use today: Javascript + Java Ross

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Aurélien DEHAY
Hello. Sorry for the intervention of a non-dev on the dev list, but shouldn't this question be asked on the user mailing list? Aurélien

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Berin Loritsch
Aurélien DEHAY wrote: Hello. Sorry for the intervention of a non-dev on the dev list, but shouldn't this question be asked on the user mailing list? :) Yes and no. Check this article out for more information:

Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

2005-12-07 Thread Thomas Lutz
Though I am not a dev guy, I can't resist to vote, too. IMHO a mix makes no sense. Too make a long story short I made struggled my way into cocoon with -first writing custom actions as I was not aware that I should use flow instead -then switching to flow using JavaScript -and finally port

Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done

2005-12-06 Thread Sylvain Wallez
Berin Loritsch wrote: In all the talks of redesign or not, there has been a recurring question as to the vision. Sylvain has outlined some things that he would like to see, but they really don't constitute a vision. They are a nice list of improvements, but they aren't a vision. In my