Binaries should be released fairly soon. However, you can build it from source now:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pivot/trunk/ Build notes are here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pivot/trunk/BUILD On May 17, 2010, at 3:23 AM, java programmer wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry Clint. > > Actually, my company is looking into some really flashy UI like provided by > Flex. > When is pivot version 1.5 expected to be released? > > Best Regards, > Prithvi > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Clint Gilbert > <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed. WTKX is not not my cup of tea, but plenty of people use it and > like it. I appreciate that you can use Java, XML, or a mixture with Pivot. > > Greg Brown wrote: > > While Clint makes some great points about code completion and refactoring, > > I would still encourage you to take a look at WTKX. It can really help > > simplify the task of constructing a complex GUI. > > G > > > > On May 16, 2010, at 1:53 PM, java programmer wrote: > > > > Hello Greg, > > > > Thank you very much. I think so i will be using the complete Java source > > code rather then > > using WTKX files as you suggested. I will design the application on paper > > and then start > > coding, will surely be needing your help time to time. > > > > Many Thanks > > Prithvi > > > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Clint Gilbert > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > From the perspective of someone who is fairly new to Pivot and writing a > > decent-sized standalone app with it, I can say that Pivot's API is about > > 10,000 times cleaner than the other choices available for Java. Pivot > > is quite pleasant to use. > > > > A GUI builder would be nice, but the Pivot API and tutorials are good > > enough that I haven't felt like I really needed one. I tried out SWT > > and Swing on the same project. They were both much more verbose and > > required so many fiddly settings that a GUI builder was a necessity; > > with Pivot it's a nice-to-have at best. > > > > I don't use WTKX as I have a general bias against coding apps in XML - > > there are too many magic strings to line up without typos, and an IDE > > can't help you refactor - so all my experience is with coding UIs in Java. > > > > If you need to give a standalone Java app a nice UI with little fuss, I > > recommend Pivot wholeheartedly. The fact that an app can be deployed as > > an applet with no code changes is a nice bonus. > > > > java programmer wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > > > >> 2- I am seeing that, Pivot is made using eclipse. Mostly what i am > >> noticing for every component i need to write the code by hand. There is no > >> drag and support for components like Swing. Even to the extend i can't use > >> some xml editor to find out what properties a particular element is > >> having. Is there a solution to this problem? Any DTD available? > >> > >> 3- One thing which might be needed in Pivot might be the validation > >> support. Is pivot providing some validation framework like struts do? If > >> not, > >> can we use some apache validations API inside the pivot application to > >> perform the validations? > >> > >> 4- Is it able to integrate with Spring and Hibernate? > >> > >> 5- Do every-time if we have to use it inside the web-application, we have > >> to expose it as an applet? > >> > >> 6- What is the learning curve for Apache Pivot? How many days it will > >> require to fully understand the WTKX and start coding in it efficiently? > >> > >> I am looking forward to know this information. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Prithvi Sehgal > >> > > > > > > >
