that's because it's the number one rule! nobody talks about Struts Club.
igor.vaynberg wrote: > > here is an interesting tidbit > > wicket is on the front page of nabble > > http://old.nabble.com/ > > sorted by activity. we are there along maven, jquery, cxf, tomcat, > etc. how is the adoption on those? > > -igor > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Lester Chua <cicowic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for the links. >> I have already submitted them as part of the evaluation process. >> >> I'll take a look at the IBM links from scott. >> >> Regards, >> >> Lester >> >> Steve Swinsburg wrote: >>> >>> On the wiki there are some pages to help your cause: >>> http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/websites-based-on-wicket.html >>> http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/products-based-on-wicket.html >>> >>> as well as blogs talking about Wicket, and lots more useful PR info: >>> http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/index.html >>> >>> All the best! >>> >>> cheers, >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> On 08/01/2010, at 11:43 AM, Lester Chua wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am facing a hurdle that need crossing in my final attempt to push >>>> Wicket for use in an organization. >>>> I have: >>>> >>>> 1) Prototyped a small size module >>>> 2) Did 2-3 presentations on the key features and advantages of wicket >>>> >>>> No one is disputing my claims about productivity and good OO code that >>>> was the result. >>>> >>>> BUT, the technology evaluation committee is NOT recommending Wicket >>>> because of..... of all things..... >>>> - Wicket's Low Adoption Rate!!!! >>>> Can I find any numbers to blow this away? >>>> >>>> My alternative is to accept the finding and work with Struts 2. Which >>>> will mean the stack will need to expand to DWR >>>> (for security). I REALLY don't want to go there, and am even >>>> considering >>>> not taking part in this project due to the high risk involved, only 9 >>>> months >>>> to introduce huge changes to a system that has lots of legacy problems >>>> (took >>>> about 3 years to build). I think a lot of those years were spent >>>> wrestling >>>> with the monster that is EJB 1.1. The only way I thought the project >>>> can >>>> even be on time is to scrap the entire presentation layer (aka Struts) >>>> and >>>> redo it in Wicket with 1 dedicated developer while the rest of the team >>>> work >>>> on killing the beast that is EJB 1.1 by refactoring the biz code. >>>> >>>> Sigh, my choices are stark. It's either to keep the job and plough >>>> ahead >>>> and probably fail spectacularly 9 months later or go hungry and explain >>>> to >>>> my wife why we need to spend less on the kid...... >>>> >>>> It's easy to blame the tech committee but they did help me find wicket >>>> by >>>> rejecting my initial proposal to build the new system on a >>>> (JQuery+JSON+REST) framework, which can be very productive as well, if >>>> not >>>> as "clean" as Wicket. >>>> >>>> Sorry for rambling so much. Is there any way I can demolish the silly >>>> low >>>> adoption rate argument (omg I still don't believe it can be so lame)? >>>> >>>> Lester >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Help-with-Wicket-Adoption-Numbers-tp27069702p27118513.html Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
