I´ve worked six months using Richfaces. In my new project I choose Trinidad because: - Richfaces was buggy - Poor support - Lack of components, dialogs and "flowpagescope".
Of course it should be more mature now. I had the experience of encapsulating javascript components and using DWR and ajaxtags to get Ajax working. I prefer Trinidad. Walter Mourão http://waltermourao.com.br http://arcadian.com.br http://oriens.com.br On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Stephen Friedrich <[email protected]>wrote: > Uh, oh, a controversial topic. > I have used Trinidad quite a lot and I have started a project using > RichFaces a couple of weeks ago. > Here are a couple of points that caused me to try something new: > > Pro RichFaces: > - documentation: RichFaces docs are _much_ better and more complete (if > sometimes a little hard to read, > because it seems to be written by a non-native speaker). > - less bugs (my personal impression) > - more powerful AJAX options (e.g. configurable queues, very useful > "ajaxSingle" option which processes > just a single component in the JSF request lifecycle) > - more complete component set > > Contra Trinidad: > - I have the impression that interoperability and openness isn't high on > the list of goals for Trinidad > It still seems to be designed with the JDeveloper GUI Designer in mind. > - Pace of development: It took _ages_ to make the transition from the first > ADF Faces drop at Apache > to the first Trinidad release. > An enhanced version of Trinidad is in the make at Oracle and Oracle > intends to donate it to Apache, too. > Based on experience I would estimate an arrival in 2010 or 2011. > > A more general lessons learned for me was to not rely on component sets if > it is not necessary. > Often times it is just as easy to create a facelets composition component > yourself and you'll be able to > adjust the code/layout/style/interaction patterns to your needs much more > easily. > It is also quite easy to wrap existing JavaScript controls. For example > creating a facelets component > that uses/wraps a widget from jQuery UI. > > > > Bjørn T Johansen wrote: > >> I am starting developing a new webapp and started looking at Trinidad and >> it looks like a good thing to use.. Then a >> friend told me I had to look at RichFaces and it also looks quite good... >> Which one do I choose? What is their pros and >> cons? (I haven't used either before...) >> >> >> Regards, >> >> BTJ >> >> >
