Take a look at ExtJS or Smartclient. They have many of the same capabilities but are Javascript based rather than Java based. Most experienced web-devs will tell you, "just learn Javascript, it's not that hard," and you'll be glad you did. Most studies show that the speed gains of GWT-style (that is AJAX where the "J" doesn't stand for Javascript) programming are offset by the corner-cases that the toolkit in question doesn't handle well.
A good resource to start learning Javascript is: http://eloquentjavascript.net/ -tim On Apr 29, 11:30 pm, Jason Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't looked at the site.(On a train.) Nor have I ever heard of > them. But the design of a site, pictures, borders, content style, > etc... of just about any site can be done in web2py. It's all a matter > of the effort, and talent, that you throw into it. I for one, am no > designer, so when looking for a site design I look at what features I > would like to implement and how they should be implemented. Then I make > a paper prototype of the site that I give to my designer. (If you want > his name he can work for you too. :D) He then produces a color scheme > and design that I have imagined my site being. > Then you take that design and chop it up into an html production. You > can subcontract this too if you like. The last steps are to take the > html and "chop" it up too. > What parts of the design need to be static, what parts are dynamic and > changing. From this information you can begin building the views for > your site. You may want at this point to create some "skeleton methods" > or data to fill the site with. At this point is where this list can > best help you. We can help you figure out how to make the site dynamic > and interactive with the user. > Have you made an HTML website before? > BR- > Jason Brower > > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 15:00 -0700, mikech wrote: > > Hi: I'm still in the learning process with Web2py and Python for that > > matter. And while its really too soon for me to consider the ui > > design aspect of my projects I've been looking around at what's > > available. YUI, pyjamas and others all look interesting but I'm > > really impressed with the appearance of zk-direct > > zk-directhttp://zkoss.org/. > > According to the website there is some ability to use Python, but I'm > > unable to tell because of my beginner status whether it could be used > > with web2py. Has anyone looked at this, any ideas? > > > Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
