You can use both Less and CoffeeScript with Tapestry even today with my t5conduit <https://github.com/cezary-biernacki/t5conduit>library.
It works directly with Tapestry 5.3.0, and with help of t52transformers<https://github.com/cezary-biernacki/t52transformers> also with 5.2.6. Best regards, Cezary On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <hls...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most of the support needed for Less and CoffeeScript is already > present; the trick is finding a reliable Java-compatible library that > can execute the necessary code transformations (which are generally > written in Ruby or JavaScript). > > http://code.google.com/p/wro4j/wiki/Features looks promising, but is > geared more for build-time conversions, rather than runtime. I just > haven't had spare cycles to spare on this. > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > <thiag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:31:35 -0200, Andreas Fink < > fink.a...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Sorry for my hasty and not well formulated rant. > >> > >> I was just thinking about the announcment of the Rails-team to switch to > >> Coffeescript and what an impact that has on developers and existing > apps. > >> > >> There is always that compromise between flexibility and high-level tools > >> but as the server side of Tapestry focusses so much on > flexibilty/modularity > >> i think it would make sense to follow that route also for the browser > side. > > > > > > In this case, it would be just an out-of-the-box support for a given > package > > that wouldn't prevent support for other similar packages. In addition, > it's > > quite probable that it would make it easier to add support for other > similar > > packages. ;) > > > > > > -- > > Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > > Independent Java, Apache Tapestry 5 and Hibernate consultant, developer, > and > > instructor > > Owner, Ars Machina Tecnologia da Informação Ltda. > > http://www.arsmachina.com.br > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > > > > > -- > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > Creator of Apache Tapestry > > The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to > learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! > > (971) 678-5210 > http://howardlewisship.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > >
