I agree. I think it's a good exposure for the framework itself to list down what the framework are capable of doing in the documentation.
Best regards, -----Original Message----- From: Adam Zimowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:44 AM To: Tapestry users Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Tapestry 5.0.13 I guess from documentation standpoint it would be nice to hear from Tapestry leaders as to what are the benefits of coding Pages, Components and other classes with Groovy vs Java. Is it just for semantics, and shorter code? On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's not much to document; everything is the same, except that you > name your source files .groovy instead of .java :-) > > Seriously, the Groovy code compiles to JVM bytecode and Tapestry is > unaware that it started life as Groovy and not Java. > > There's a couple of exceptions to that rule, which show up as fixes in 5.0.14. > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Partogi, Joshua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Howard, >> >> I can not find in the documentation on how to use Groovy with T5. Could you >> please lead me to it? Perhaps I didn't look detailed enough. >> >> Many thanks >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Howard Lewis Ship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:20 AM >> To: Tapestry users >> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Tapestry 5.0.13 >> >> >> The latest release of Tapestry, Tapestry 5.0.13 , is now available. >> >> Tapestry 5.0.13 is just about feature complete and can be considered a >> beta release. A release candidate is expected in the near future. >> >> 5.0.13 adds quite a bit of improved Ajax functionality, and addresses >> a large number of bugs. It also makes it easier to use Tapestry with >> Groovy. Pay careful attention to the upgrade notes as there have been >> some wide-ranging changes, especially a rename of the root package >> from org.apache.tapestry to org.apache.tapestry5 (to faciliate >> side-by-side deployment of Tapestry 4 and Tapestry 5 applications >> inside the same WAR). IMPORTANT NOTICE: The information in this email (and any attachments) is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use or disseminate the information. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify me by "Reply" command and permanently delete the original and any copies or printouts thereof. Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by American International Group, Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates either jointly or severally, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use.