thks Jeromy for valuable feedback hope it will solve our purpose..
-S On 4/22/08, Jeromy Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > umesh awasthi wrote: > > > Thanks Jeromy for the detailed Explanation > > > > you have mentioned the point on which we are also confused... > > we are on analysis phase of using any external ajax libraray with out > > coming > > struts2 based applications > > > > > > > I should mention here that there are other server-side frameworks that > provide better integration for rich client-side widgets. This is not a > strength of Struts 2 at the moment. If interested, start here: > http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_jvm_web_frameworks_presentation > > We have got lot of favourable comments for YUI over DOJO (Previously we > > haqve faced some performance issues by using DOJO) > > > > > > > > The performance issues for Dojo were previously dominated by the library > parsing your HTML to find and instantiate widgets and the lazy-loading of > resources. > They're costs of unobtrusive javascript. The new tags in Struts2.1 went > to some length to provide better control over that process. > I believe Dojo1+ has also made major performance improvements . > > Still we will create a sample application for testing the functionality of > > DOJO with struts2. > > > > Hope it will help us to decide the path.. > > :) > > > > Jermony can u share your exp of using YUI as we don't have much idea abt > > it > > ,like Its performance and intergation with struts2? i thik that will > > also > > help us to choose the path. > > > > > > > > > YUI is great. It doesn't have the fancy widgets of other libraries but it > is so well designed and well documented that it's a pleasure to use. Even > the library's code is easy to understand. Musachy put me onto it. > There's no issues using it with Struts2, as with any other typical client > side library. Simply follow their examples. We initially created some > struts2 tags for it but I don't use them any more : > http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/yui-plugin.html (datetimepicker, > autocomplete, submit, div, anchor, tabview) > > There are three major perceived drawbacks for YUI: > - the widget set is small in number compared to other libraries. It > grows faster than I can keep up, but it's not fancy compared to MooTools or > Scriptaliciouis; > - you need to learn object-oriented javascript. Properly. I get the > impression this scares off non-programmers. > - it's Yahoo. I have no problem with that as there's brilliant paid > programmers behind it, but some people seem to have issues with such > open-source projects. > > > we haven't given any thought of enhancing ftl. > > surely Tom we will also look in to this aspect.. > > > > any other suggestuion in this regard will be much appriciated.. > > > > > > > Don't discount Dojo without first trying to use it directly. It is > different from YUI in that you can rely on their markup without getting > heavily into the javascript until you need custom widgets. That has got to > have its advantages for many projects. If you liked the struts tags you'll > probably like using Dojo directly. > > Hope that helps, > Jeromy Evans > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
