> As Don mentions, you can use JSF components with Struts2 pretty easily, and > that can be a good avenue if you primarily want JSF for the visual > components part, and don't need/want the managed beans and lifecycle > controller parts. If a "framework on top of JSF" is what you are after > (which is a reasonable thing for an application developer to want -- JSF > focuses on the component APIs and the foundations for application needs), > you can definitely look towards Shale[1] (we're putting the finishing > touches on what we hope will be a GA release) or Seam[2] (just released 1.1 > ).
Thanks, I will have a closer look at Shale and Seam. A "framework on top of JSF" sounds like what I am searching for. After reading this post of you, I am not sure if struts2 is what I want. -> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=struts-dev&m=115090201630610&w=2 > If you like tooling assistance around your development efforts, you might > also want to take a look at what support your favorite IDE provides. If > you happen to be in the NetBeans camp, the Visual Web Pack plugin is > totally focused around visual drag-and-drop, and includes a built in > framework with a lot of similarity to the "view controller" function in > Shale, plus there is pretty nice non-visual support for straight JSF coding > (including code generation for CRUD apps). You'll also see great support > for JSF in Oracle's JDeveloper, and "basic but getting there" support in > Eclipse. I can't speak to Idea's support for JSF, but wouldn't be > surprised if it is comparable. In the NetBeans camp and I know the VWP. Unfortunately it does not fit in my project, mainly because of missing templates. We discussed that on nbusers a few days ago ;-) Piero --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
