Re: Recommendations for a server-side Java framework to use with GWT?

2009-09-19 Thread George Georgovassilis
Hello Oliver, I'd say Spring + some ORM (Ibatis, JPA, Hibernate) are a good deal with GWT. With GWT the server is reduced to a data provider and storage engine. The tasks a server carries out follow always the same pattern: 1. map request to DTOs by interfacing with the client 2. perform

Re: Recommendations for a server-side Java framework to use with GWT?

2009-09-18 Thread Ian Bambury
Hi Oliver, Are you approaching this from the right standpoint? Shouldn't you be asking 'What do I need from a framework?' and then picking a framework? The lightest, easiest and simplest framework is no framework at all. All you really need from the server is services getUserList,

Re: Recommendations for a server-side Java framework to use with GWT?

2009-09-18 Thread Adligo
I also agree with Ian. Several frameworks were written to 'fix' problems, I would suggest trying out some fairly basic GWT's RPC methods. You might even go as far as calling GWT's RPC a framework. Cheers, Scott --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: Recommendations for a server-side Java framework to use with GWT?

2009-09-18 Thread charlie
I don't really use a framework on the backend either, other than springs DI + Ibatis. There's no real need for anything heavy. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Adligo sc...@adligo.com wrote: I also agree with Ian. Several frameworks were written to 'fix' problems, I would suggest trying

Recommendations for a server-side Java framework to use with GWT?

2009-09-17 Thread Oliver Zheng
Hi, I've decided to adopt GWT for an upcoming AJAX-heavy project. The requirement on the server-side is that it has to be in Java. What is the lightest, easiest to learn, and simplest framework out there to use with GWT? All the frameworks I see emphasize how their templates are useful, which