Hello, Elifarley writes:
I'm searching for the best XUL framework for my next project (a system for clinics and hospitals which will use SimpleORM as its persistence layer). Could anyone provide a more detailed comparison of the currently available XUL frameworks? Below I have gathered some info from the web (along with some comments) which I hope will be usefull to other people who want to choose a XUL framework: - ThinCLet (http://thinclet.sourceforge.net/) - It's an add-on for Thinlet, allowing for component-based development, somewhat similar in concept to Tapestry. I would not use Thinlet without ThinCLet anymore. Is this component-based approach available to the other frameworks? - CookSWT (http://cookxml.sourceforge.net/cookswt/) - Provides an SWT-based GUI. All SWT Layouts. Any complex layouts can be created. All SWT Listeners. Simple custom dialog creations with <xmldialog>. Can Include other XML documents, or an element within an XML document. Locale and ResourceBundle support. Various containers (Vector, LinkedList, Map, Set, and such), Strings, primitives, Object/primitive arrays, etc can all be configured. - Beryl XML GUI - Displays its GUI using Swing. Has a nice graphical editor. Can be used with the Groovy scripting language to create scripted user interfaces. Almost all of the Swing widgets are supported. Integrates with JavaHelp.Supports Drag'n'Drop with much less effort. Builtin internationalization. Uses caching for improved performance. Validators can be attached to widgets, common validators are supplied (Date, Number, Phone number, Email address ..). Spacings are automatically set to conform with the Java Look And Feel Design Guidelines. Automatic "Group" layout for easy construction of simple dialogs. Embraces the MVC design pattern. Ready for J2EE client applications (For example you can automatically create a table row from a J2EE value object). Adds several much-needed custom swing components: JWizard, JIconView, JConsole, JOutlookBar and JHorizontalSeparator. This library is actively used for the development of internal software at a major German internet webspace provider (http://www.1und1.com). - XUI (http://xui.sourceforge.net/) - Seems to be the most comprehensive solution (excluding Genesis). Displays its GUI using AWT or Swing. Provides event and data binding to controls. XUI is a Java and XML framework for building rich client, desktop and mobile applications. XUI is also an ideal development tool for building occasionally connected applications such as those which are required for field workers or PDAs. The framework supports rich data binding features, greatly simplifying data access.Complete applications can also be built with XUI using XML with application logic written in Java (no JavaScript). The framework includes a graphical IDE to help you get started and to further speed up the application development process. Has a NetBeans plugin (I could not find an Eclipse plugin). - Genesis (https://genesis.dev.java.net/nonav/0.2/maven-site/en/index.html) - Not a XUL framework, nevertheless it provides a XML GUI solution based on Thinlet. genesis is an open-source framework that aims to bring simplicity, productivity, testability and scalability to enterprise application development. It combines several public libraries that have been largely adopted by industry in an unique way, such as Hibernate, AspectWerkz, Thinlet, Jakarta-Commons and others, and puts together all of the experience Summa has acquired over the years in building mission-critical applications. It has been developed and tested based on real user requirements and is the result of experience gained during project execution. One of the customer solutions built using genesis is currently processing over 1 million transactions per day, a fact that proves framework scalability. UI development support: genesis-client makes UI development extremely simple. By putting together a couple of ordinary JavaBeans and a few lines of configuration, it's possible to control all UI flow and common characteristics, such as visibility, enabling / disabling fields, cascade clearing fields, calling methods under some circumstances and automatically populating components such as comboboxes and tables. Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thinlet/message/1705 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list xul-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
