That's good news! It's really interesting how much steam JSF (and MyFaces) has picked up in the last few months with regards to user interest.
And thank goodness, I didn't hear anymore at JavaPolis that JSF is overly complicated. People complain about component development not being easy, but actually working with JSF as a web developer is seen as being pretty straightforward. regards, Martin On 12/15/05, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got back from Apache Con in San Diego. It was very well > attended (one of the hotel staff told me there were over 500 > attendees.) Of special interest were the two MyFaces sessions > conducted by our own Matthias Wessendorf and Gerald Muellan. > > Both MyFaces sessions were extremely well attended. The first session > was an overview of JSF and what MyFaces brings to the table. I told > Matthias and Gerald that they could tell the seesion went well because > 90% stayed for another hour long session covering Ajax and MyFaces. > > Thanks to Matthias and Gerald for making the trip and putting all of > the hard work into the presentation. I was proud to see them up there > on the stage representing our community. The large turnout for the > sessions also seemed to mirror the recent trends on our mailing list. > There was certainly a lot of curiosity for MyFaces if not outright > interest. Expect more newcomers to the mailing list after those > talks! > > There were also some interesting Struts sessions. The first session > focused on what is now being called the Struts Action framework, > including some details on the recently announced WebWorks merger. The > second session focused on Struts Shale. That session was also well > attended. I had not seen Craig's Shale talk until that point but it > was an excellent overview of the project. Craig also unveiled a few > new editions that are coming to Shale, some of which he was working on > in between sessions at the conference. > > If you are a JSF developer you should definitely keep an eye on where > Shale is headed. An alpha release is expected shortly and the entire > Struts team is working to collaborate on areas of overlap between the > Action and Shale frameworks. This combined with more user feedback > should move this project along nicely. Don't let the "alpha" status > fool you. This is primarily so the API isn't locked up in the first > release. Its definitely production ready though. My team is > currently using it in my day job. > > Its an exciting time to be part of the Apache community. I expect > more great things to come out of the next year. > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
