"Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Personally, I consider MVC frameworks to be commodities. It doesn't
> really matter which you use use. The real point of the exercise is to
> treat web applications like applications, rather than some throwaway hack.
>
> Which framework is best for a particular project is going to depend on
> the project, and more importantly, the people working on the project.
> Most any tool can do the job, so long as the people using the tool
> *want* to make it so.
>
> Right now, I'm using Struts on some projects and Maverick on others.

Could you say a little about how you would choose one of these over the
other? (I do mean "you" and not "one" - I'm interested in your personal
experience-based opinion. ;)

--
Martin Cooper


> It's all the same to me. I push as much of the work back to the business
> layer as possible, so the frameworks boil down to adapters. The question
> to ask is not "am I using the 'right' framework now", but "how easy
> would it be to switch to another framework later".
>
> No one can make tomorrow's decision today. All you can do is try and
> design applications that can adapt to tomorrow when it comes.
>
> Right now, wafer is tracking over twenty different Java frameworks.
>
> http://www.waferproject.org/index.html
>
> Each of which have their own special talents. JPublish, for example, is
> great for content management. Sofia has dynamite Dreamweaver support.
> And so forth.
>
> Of course, the best part is that these frameworks are not mutually
> exclusive. It all comes down to HTTP. You can have as many of these
> frameworks working in a web application as you like.
>
> It's not an election of remedies, it's an embarrassment of riches.
>
> -Ted.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Altough this might not be the right place to ask, but I'm just curious.
> >
> > Recently I see a lot of different frameworks which pretty much promise
the
> > same functionality as the Struts framework.
> >
> > For instance I found:
> >
> > struts
> > webwork
> > Spring
> > etc...
> >
> > Which one is the best? I have been using Struts for some time now... But
> > maybe some other framework has more future then Struts.????
> > I would like to hear your opionions...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Harm de Laat
> > Informatiefabriek
> > The Netherlands
> >
> >
> >
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> -- 
> Ted Husted,
>    Junit in Action  - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>,
>    Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>,
>    JSP Site Design  - <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1861005512>.




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