Christian,
I too will have to make some time to read the whole thing later,
but I also disagree with your opening comments about Struts being aimed
at "Page Author" types. Using your definitions of "Page Authors" and
"Java Developers", your statement is not biased, it is incorrect.
I would urge you to read the first three sections of the preface to
the User's Guide for a better understanding of the purpose of Struts and
who it is aimed at. While much of the promise of Struts is to remove
programming from the presentation layer of an application, one should
not infer that this means that struts is for less advanced "scripting"
programmers. In fact, the opposite is true. Struts is for programmers
who have the experience to recognize the shortcomings of past java web
application techniques.
Bill
Assenza, Chris wrote:
> I haven't read it all yet (and would like to - Barracuda looks intriguing),
> but:
>
> "Barracuda definitely aims at the Java Developer end of the spectrum (with
> the idea that tools integration will ultimately bridge the gap to less
> sophisticated Page Author types)."
>
> ....
>
> "Unlike Barracuda, Struts is aimed squarely at the Page Author types"
>
> "Less sophisticated" sounds really arrogant, demeaning and is clearly biased
> - and that's not even the meat of the presentation. :p
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not offended nor do I think anyone should be, but
> that tone so early on changed my perception almost instantaneously. There
> are better ways to say what you are trying to communicate IMO, and little
> phrases like that really do count.
>
> Best,
>
> -Chris
>
> Christopher Assenza
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Cryder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 3:31 PM
> To: Struts-User
> Subject: Barracuda vs. Struts (request for review)
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I've put together a fairly detailed architectural comparison of Struts vs.
> Barracuda:
> http://barracuda.enhydra.org/cvs_source/Barracuda/docs/barracuda_vs_struts.h
> tml
>
> While I've tried to keep the document fair and even-handed, it's quite
> possible that I've not given Struts a fair shake (since I don't know Struts
> that well after all). At any rate, I wanted to give you Struts experts a
> chance to review the document and correct any misunderstandings I might
> have. If you think I've really botched something, please let me know and
> I'll try to make it better. My goal here is to represent both frameworks as
> accurately as possible.
>
> Thanks much,
> Christian
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> Barracuda - MVC Component Framework for Webapps
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