RE: [newbie] MyFaces or Barracuda ??

[Jesse Alexander \(KSFD 121\)]

I wouldn't be so hard on J2EE... in heavy SOA-shops some help can come from the J2EE (or JEE) environment.

 

But it all boils down to

- get an idea on the requirements

- discuss them in an open, friendly environment with experienced JEE- and lightweight-(Spring-)specialists

- come to a conclusion and target-architecture

- do the coding

 

regards

Alexander

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From: Frank Russo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:37 PM
To: MyFaces Discussion
Subject: RE: [newbie] MyFaces or Barracuda ??

To be clear, this is a maven 1 repository. If you are using maven 2, this may not be usable. I have read that m2 can use m1 repos, but I haven't found any docs on how. Maybe someone can post a link if they know of one.

 

My 2 cents on your original question is that barracuda is not the way to go, mainly for the reason that very few people are using it. Support for it is probably minimal. JSF vs Struts or Spring Web is a better question. I'd go JSF, whether it be MyFaces or Sun RI, for the reason that you may be more comfortable with it coming from an M$ background. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think a component based framework like JSF is closer to building Active X web controls than using some kind of action framework like Struts.

 

My other recommendations would be Tomcat for the app server. If you need transaction management and persistence, I'd recommend Spring and Hibernate over JEE 5. Older J2EE shouldn't even be a consideration for a new project at this point...

Frank Russo
Senior Developer
FX Alliance, LLC

 

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From: Mikael Andersson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:15 AM
To: MyFaces Discussion
Subject: Re: [newbie] MyFaces or Barracuda ??

To get started I would recommend giving the myfaces maven archetype a go, that will give you basic web application to get started with and uses the Jetty6 web container, which is really nice when developing (allows you to do this to start the web applciation 'mvn jetty6:run').

Then I would have a look at Facelets, which is easily integrated ( facelets is also in dev.java.net's maven repository; https://maven-repository.dev.java.net/repository/ ).

- Mike

On 12/07/06, Cyrille37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

Hello,

I'm exploring Java solutions for a new Web Application project.

I'm coming from ASP.Net but for the new starting project, the first rule
is plateform portability, so Java is the solution.

Unfortunately, unlike .Net, Java for Web Application is not delivered as
a package. So I've to make an assembly of solutions to get an
environment for creating the Web Application.

After surfing onto Java/J2EE projects, I've selected some nice stuff :
    - App Server : Enhydra
    - Framework : here is my interogation, MyFaces or Barracuda ??
    - What else is needed for a strong and well formed Web Application ??

I guess you have opinion on that question ...

Please, share your mind ;o)
Thanks
Cyrille.