I'll preface this by saying that Hivemind is a fabulous framework. It doesn't, however, have the level of integration with other popular frameworks that Spring has. IMHO the Tapestry/Spring/Hibernate combination is the way to go. Spring greatly simplifies the use of Hibernate (or Ibatis, JDO, whatever ORM framework) in an application. I use spring to manage the configuration of the DAO and Service layers, and Tapestry's localization features are perfect for managing web layer stuff. I keep all of my configuration in .properties files and load them from the classpath with a Spring PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer. This way, I can keep these properties files anywhere as long as they're in the classpath of application. This is great for external configuration.
As an aside, I've taken to using Matt Raible's fabulous appfuse framework (with appgen) to kickstart my applications, and I think it would be a great place for you to start if you're interested in this combination. Hope this helps. Good luck! Cheers, Mark On 5/11/05, Stanczak Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No wait I think I misspoke. I meant Commons Configuration. > > Stanczak Group wrote: > > >Really what I'm wanting to do can probably be address by just using > >something like Commons Digester. But maybe using a framework like > >Hivemind I could better organize my logic. Again, as you can tell I'm > >just not understanding all the pieces. > > > >Jamie Orchard-Hays wrote: > > > > > > > >>The questions are, "What problems are you trying to solve?" "Which > >>frameworks help you solve them best: Spring, Hivemind, none?" In other > >>words, you must have a need, a problem to solve that requires a > >>framework like Hivemind. > >> > >>Tapestry Picasso uses Hivemind to give it greater flexibility, > >>extensibility, configurability. You can pretty much ignore it for > >>basic Tapestry tasks. > >> > >>There have been some threads over the past few days about using Spring > >>for DB stuff, which (from what I read, not personal experience) > >>integrates well with Tapestry and Hivemind. > >> > >>Jamie > >> > >>On May 11, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Stanczak Group wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I've been looking at Hivemind, Spring, etc, trying to understand things. > >>>So what I've came up with thus far is since I'm starting out fresh and > >>>am already using Tapestry, I would probably be wise to use Hivemind. Is > >>>this correct? Then I see Tapestry is being built on Hivemind, so that > >>>makes me think it's a better choice. Now I'm trying to understand the > >>>combo of Tapestry and Hivemind. I'm guessing you still use Hivemind > >>>separate from Tapestry, and Tapestry is using Hivemind for it's own > >>>uses. But my question is will the addition of Hivemind to Tapestry add > >>>the features I'm looking for to Tapestry and I won't need Hivemind, or > >>>would I still be smart to go ahead and use Hivemind to help me better > >>>develop my software? Maybe I'm way off here. I think I understand the > >>>use of Hivemind, but I'm looking into the future and wondering what > >>>direction I should follow. If my questions don't make sense then I'm > >>>probably not understanding the use of Hivemind. Can someone direct me? > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Justin Stanczak > >>>Stanczak Group > >>>812-735-3600 > >>> > >>>"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do > >>>nothing." > >>>Edmund Burke > >>> > >>>..________...............__................. > >>>./ _____/..____..._____/..|_..____...____.... > >>>/...\..____/.__.\./....\...__\/.._.\./._..\.... > >>>\....\_\..\..___/|...|..\..|.(..<_>.|.<_>..).... > >>>.\______../\___.._\__|../__|..\____/.\____/...... > >>>........\/.....\/.....\/.......................... > >>> > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Justin Stanczak > Stanczak Group > 812-735-3600 > > "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." > Edmund Burke > > ..________...............__................. > ./ _____/..____..._____/..|_..____...____.... > /...\..____/.__.\./....\...__\/.._.\./._..\.... > \....\_\..\..___/|...|..\..|.(..<_>.|.<_>..).... > .\______../\___.._\__|../__|..\____/.\____/...... > ........\/.....\/.....\/.......................... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
