I agree people are starting to become less scared of JSF now and are willing to take a second look. What was the interest level at JavaPolis?
Speaking of second looks, I'm installing Sun Java Studio Creator 2 (now that its free.) Craig recommended that I take a look at some of the new features. Be sure to download the latest EA release (you have to hunt around for it - its not the standard download.) Anyways, lots of new things to try out after Apache Con ... Maybe you can give us a brief summary of JavaPolis when you are done? sean On 12/14/05, Martin Marinschek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
