How about "Units"?
Wayne
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 7:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New name for Components / Extended Templates?
"Tiles" sound nice too, and is in the same way as "Struts", but its French
translation has a bad connotation.
Among the proposed names, we have :
* viewparts
* viewpieces
* tiles (bad connotation in french)
* portlets (already in used by other projects)
* pieces
* blocks
* snippets
* layouts (maybe too restrictive)
First ones are my preferred, and I will certainly use "viewparts".
Cedric
"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Immanuel, Gidado-Yisa wrote:
>
> > How about VIPs :)
> > a. Very Important Pieces
> > b. View In Pieces (hmmm...kind of has a negative connotation)
> >
> > or how about
> >
> > Tiles
> >
> > (just finished redoing a kitchen floor)
> >
>
> I like it (tiles) :-)
>
> Craig
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:53 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: New name for Components / Extended Templates?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > As Components can be used to build "views" of the MVC
> > > framework, it could
> > > be interesting to have the term "view" in the new name.
> > > I have thought about "viewlet", but this is already used ;-).
> > > Maybe "viewparts" or "viewpieces" ? This sound nice and can
> > > reflect the
> > > fact that framework is for building views by assembling
> > > parts/pieces of
> > > view.
> > > Comments ?
> > >
> > > Cedric
> > >
> > > Cedric Dumoulin wrote:
> > >
> > > > Components / Extended Templates framework will be added to Struts
> > > > shortly.
> > > >
> > > > It is now the last chance to rename this framework if necessary.
> > > >
> > > > Primary idea of the framework was to allow building of JSP pages by
> > > > assembling reusable pieces of code, called blocks or
> > > components. One of
> > > > the aims is to provide a library of easily reusable components (like
> > > > standard layouts, but also reusable menus, common login
> > > form, shopping
> > > > card, ...).
> > > > Templating mechanism is naturally done with the framework, but
> > > > framework can also provide a starting point for reusable components.
> > > >
> > > > So what's wrong with name "components" ? Component is a
> > > broad term in
> > > > English, and it may be confusing when people talk about Struts
> > > > components in general. So maybe we should change actual Components
> > > > framework name.
> > > >
> > > > Why not renaming "Components" to "templates" ? Framework
> > > allow more
> > > > than templating, If we call it "templates", I am afraid that people
> > > > identify framework
> > > > with only the template mechanism, missing the ability to
> > > define reusable
> > > > piece of pages. Also, this would break the actual templates
> > > > implementation.
> > > >
> > > > After discussions with Ted Husted, we propose following
> > > alternatives
> > > > :
> > > >
> > > > Framework name package name
> > > > JSP pieces / Extended Templates
> > > > (as a play on Java Faces ;-) jsp-pieces or pieces
> > > > JSP Blocks jsp-blocks or blocks
> > > > Dynamic Templates templates
> > > >
> > > > My preference goes to (JSP pieces / Extended Templates),
> > > jsp-pieces.
> > > >
> > > > I need your opinion on this renaming :
> > > >
> > > > * Do we really need to do it ? (A lot of peoples already use
> > > > components. This could lead to troubles)
> > > > * Which name do you prefer / propose ?
> > > >
> > > > Cedric
> > >
> >
