On top of that, in 2.1 Dojo will be on it's own plugin, making it easier for people who do not want to use it, or want to use another framework. You made a very good point, AJAX support in struts is a nice feature and it covers some common use cases, but that's about it.
As for the reasons for choosing Dojo, I wasn't around at that time, but Dojo was in WW and I don't think there were too many options at that time. As for myself, I'm heading YUI all the way, I added an autocompleter to the YUI plugin today ;) regards musachy On 6/22/07, Jeromy Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm going to take the bait and attempt to answer this email... José Carlos Sardagna wrote: > Hi, people. > > What you think we create a alternative template to use ajax and web > standards. > Why ajax? > Dojo is a great framework ajax, however is very slow to make bussiness > solutions, and i don't think appropiate to use with struts2, because what > the widget dojo do is to make easy a complexy solution with tags html. > The strength of the dojo + S2 integration is how simple it is for a developer to asynchronously load content into div's on their pages (the s:div, s:a and s:submit tags and the targets and notifyListeners attributes). S2 provides tags to simplify the integration of small set of commonly used dojo widgets, which is convenient, but S2 in no way prevents you from using other widget or client-side libraries. Perhaps you can more productive with other widget libraries as compared to dojo, and if so you are able to go ahead and use them. The integration of S2 with dojo is, in my opinion, a relatively minor feature of S2. > So why don't struts2 write the final code, like another tamplates an tags. I > sugest write tags that make the same solution of dojo, without de code > generate in client, or wait the dojo 0.9..is mor smaller e faster. > > I don't know why dojo was selected over alternative ajax and widget frameworks, however I have confidence that the community would have debated it at great length. As S2 gains popularity, I anticipate the dojo-based tags will just be one of several available options. For example, this week an S2 plugin was released to use the YUI calendar widget. No doubt other developers will release plugins for other client-side libraries and their favourite widgets. S2 is in no way forces you to use dojo, it's just convenient (and productive) to do so at the moment. > Why webStandards? > To make tags without tables for forms fields, for sample, using fiedset, > label.... is make the web page more faster em less code generated. > > The S2 'themes' allow the developer to choose whether they want to hand-craft their html entirely, use traditional xhtml layout (layout with tables), use 'web standards' (the CSS theme) or create your own theme. Similarly, you can create or reuse tag libraries, or create your own S2 tags. Again, S2 does not force you to use web standards, nor does it prevent you from doing your own thing. > Sorry, my english is terrible.. what you think about it?, is there a > alternative yet for this case? I now you can make tunning in dojo, but de > principle is the same.. you make a tag...that make a widget..that make your > lost money. > My personal reason for investing my time and money into S2 is because I can achieve higher levels of productivity with it compared to other web frameworks. Hope that was helpful and in some way addresses your questions and comments. regards, Jeromy Evans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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