On 7/1/05, Scott F. Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Before migrating my apps to Tapestry 4, I thought I would create a
> little sandbox app just to test everything out (kind of like a  mini
> workbench).

A good plan at this point.

> Here are the good points for beta 1:
> * New Listener format--Much improved, works flawlessly

I'm really happy with this as well; what I really like is getting to
the point of writing listeners without even seein the IRequestCycle.

> * Application State Objects
> * Subdirectories--Works great!  I was able to create pages in seperate
> directories

Erik was going to fix the parser to allow folder names in component
types as well, but I don't remember seeing those changes

> * Validation--I like the new validation, seems simplier

Paul did a stand up job here; over dinner last night we hashed out a
few minor tweaks for it.

> * Annotations-Very powerful!

My original plan was to host annotations on a java.net project, but
I'm now very happy I invested the time to have these as part of the
framework proper.

> 
> Here are some of the issues/bugs I have encountered withe beta 1:
> 
> * Can't seem to have 2 Application State Objects

I've updated the bug you added with something to try. I think method
overloading in JDK 1.5 is the culprit here.

> * Can't create a component without a specification file (.jwc)

A bug (I found it first!)

> * Can't access messages from a Page Message Calo unless there's a page
> specification file present

I've updated the bug.

> * If I try to access an asset I setup using @Asset annotation, I get an
> null pointer exception

Now fixed.

> * I setup friendely urls and can access a page with the friendly url,
> however none of the codebehind the page is executed (I may have a setup
> issue though)

Please check the bug; looked like you didn't map *.html to ApplicationServlet.
> 
> I am very impressed and will continue testing Tapestry 4 to help get it
> to a soldi 4.0 producion release.

Thanks for the feedback!

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