> 1. is it difficult to switch from Struts to JSF for Struts-enabled ;-) > developer. How steep is the learning curve?
There is going to be initial learning curve for sure. BUT IT IS WORTH it. Struts and JSF are totally in different paradiam. Struts is Action oriented and JSF is component oriented. When I moved from struts to Tapestry ( which is also Component based) it was kind of tough. But after I understood Tapestry it was relatively easy for me to move to JSF. Very unlogical comparison for struts and jsf is procedural and object oriented programming. Moving to OOP has some initial learning curve, but no one can deny it is worth it. > 2. What are the benefits of such a switch apart from choosing more > standarized solution which appears to have more prospects for future? Component based web frameworks is surely going to be there for a long time. On 9/21/05, Greg Reddin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 21, 2005, at 1:40 PM, Wojciech Ciesielski wrote: > > > 1. is it difficult to switch from Struts to JSF for Struts-enabled ;-) > > developer. How steep is the learning curve? > > I have not found it terribly difficult, but I've certainly not gone > very far with it yet either. I think JSF contains a lot of the same > concepts of Struts, many implemented in a different way. It also > contains a lot of concepts Struts does not. > > I doubt this is the best way, but here's how I learned it: I > downloaded MyFaces and looked through the MyFaces documentation. > There were several links to tutorials. One of them was a series of > slides that were very helpful to me. Once I get a bit more familiar > with Faces in general and what it's all about I plan to explore Shale > a bit more. Another way to learn is to just browse the Shale > messages that come across the list. You'll pick up on a lot > inadvertently. > > > > > 2. What are the benefits of such a switch apart from choosing more > > standarized solution which appears to have more prospects for future? > > I'm not going to go into the benefits of Struts vs. JSF. It's been > discussed over and over around here in the last 4 weeks. But to me > the benefit of learning JSF is to keep up with emerging technology > and have a more informed viewpoint on it. > > Greg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
