Summary:: This conversation is about Java in the CMS space, comparison to PHP and is there a future to reduce turn around time with Java. Are we as a community too elitist to be stuck on masturbating on frameworks rather than solutions that affect direct outcome? ..and then technically I've centered this around Brix & wicket.
Hi, I've been exploring lot of Java CMS solutions and also frameworks. BRIX, Alfresco I feel are good for different reasons. >From a Web framework point of view, I feel Wicket & I guess Sling cut the mark pretty well (not much experience yet with Sling). However, with Java Community the solutions (beyond framework) finish is not comparable to the likes of PHP giants like Drupal, Wordpress etc. I operate in the small business market a lot , and this really hurts. I really feel the Java. With earlier version of Java it would get tedious and too boilerplate to produce anything quickly fast. But with the advent of scripting languages galore, be it Server JavaScript, Groovy, Scala ... and so many wonderful frameworks we have not taken it to the next level to producing quality CMS. Brix apparently will not be evolved further. which is fine; for its intent it does a good job but what about taking this to the next level. Also, problem with most CMS is they are content centric (ok hence they are called CMS) may seem dumb at a glance. ..but I dont want my business model to go into a JCR repository. Perhaps the intent of the site is to reflect the actual product & business model in a neat way with WebDav. Lets call it PMS (hah) for lack of a better abbreviation. Also the ability to customize the admin module to give a Product centric view instead of Content centric view. This allows for greater analytic s and also then using java as an integration platform to integrate the business model with infinite things at the back end with pluggable extensions. I liked BRIX for many reasons. Am wondering if people are thinking about what I mentioned above ..also if we can take Brix further (not core) but by adding extensions and delivering a quality complete solution that could rival something like Drupal in the near future ...or maybe eventually! ..sorry i don't have my own Blog. You see WordPress is in PHP *wink hehe. Get the point?! :) -- View this message in context: http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Java-in-CMS-arena-wicket-to-lead-the-way-tp2541542p2541542.html Sent from the Users forum 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
