I'm struggling to wrap my head around this and the closest comparison that I can make is something like tiles/hibernate.
Tiles makes it easy to plug in additional functionality, and a good object model makes it so that anything implementing hibernate can just plug right in, right? B. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:36 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: An Eclipse Like WebApp Framework? > > Kinda. What I'm after is a way to contribute functionality (screens, > menus, tabs) to a shell of a WebApp in a standard way. For example, > let's say I have a web shell that provides all the basic facilities of > an online store. Now, I want a way for development teams to contribute > to the application. For example, a team might contribute a clothing > plugin, or a book plugin. Each plugin would define how it extends the > the shells navigation, menus, and tabs. > > I'm almost asking for a component model within the web app component > model. Does that make sense? > > Besides eclipse and emacs, I think Microsoft's Management Console > works in this way. > > Not sure if I've made this idea clearer or muddied the waters. ;-) > > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:13:56 -0500, Chappell, Simon P > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James, > > > > I got the impression from the original post that he was asking about > some kind of IDE that allows you to specify web application behaviour and > then have a WAR or EAR file magically created with no thought necessary to > how it was generated. This is truely a cool idea, but I can think of > nothing that does that today. > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:07 AM > > >To: Struts Users Mailing List; Rob Evans > > >Subject: Re: An Eclipse Like WebApp Framework? > > > > > > > > >Apache Struts provides just what you want ;) That's about as > > >generic as you > > >can get. > > > > > >What type of 'specific' functionality do you want bolted on? Have you > > >looked at AppFuse? > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >James Mitchell > > >Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > > >EdgeTech, Inc. > > >678.910.8017 > > >AIM: jmitchtx > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Rob Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:58 AM > > >Subject: An Eclipse Like WebApp Framework? > > > > > > > > >> Folks, > > >> > > >> > > >> I'm wondering if anyone has thought about developing an Eclipse like > > >> WebApp framework. The idea is to provide an application shell and a > > >> contribution (think plugin) mechanism. Contributions could include, > > >> tabs, navigation, help, etc.. > > >> > > >> Why bother you say? I've found that in a corporate environment with > > >> large teams that it's hard to keep applications structured > > >and without > > >> structure development costs go up. L&F and application flow > > >guidelines > > >> are okay, but they are typically expensive to enforce. It seems to me > > >> that the plugin structure of eclipse, and emacs before it, go a long > > >> way in providing core services to developers while at the same time > > >> enforcing structure. > > >> > > >> Anyone know a WebApp framework that does what I've described? Anyone > > >> else seen this problem or am I alone in this concern? > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
