Well, I think JSP or JSF makes more sense than Velocity, but I don't think we have a real need to switch. I also struggled with GXP when using it for the first time, but when you get used you start to like its advantages.
2011/5/15 Lennard de Rijk <[email protected]> > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 17:45, Michael MacFadden < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I have heard many comments from new developers on wave who were trying to > > modify or add these kinds of pages struggling with figuring out how to > use > > GXP. I guess this is in part due to the lack of documentation. Is GXP > > widely used outside of Google? I had not heard of it until I got > involved > > with WiaB. > > > > > Afaik not. Django is very popular but requires Python based projects :). > I'm > not sure what is often used for Java. > > Greetings, > Lennard > > > > ~Michael > > > > On May 14, 2011, at 4:31 PM, James Purser wrote: > > > > > I can +1 the bit about poor documentation > > > > > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:54 AM, Yuri Z <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I think that the main advantage is that GXP verifies the HTML so it > > ensures > > >> that if gxp templates compiles then the HTML is valid. Also it is more > > >> secure. > > >> The greatest issue with GXP is very poor documentation. > > >> 2011/5/13 Michael MacFadden <[email protected]> > > >> > > >>> All, > > >>> > > >>> I am not advocating a change at all, just looking for some info... > > >>> > > >>> I noticed that we use the Google XML Pages (GXP) technology for some > of > > >> the > > >>> UI in WiaB. I understand why you would want to use a template based > > >>> solution rather than raw servlest writing HTML. I also know what the > > >>> benefits are over traditional JSP pages. > > >>> > > >>> However, what are the advantages of GXP over something like Apache > > >>> Velocity? Just looking to understand. Thanks. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ~Michael > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > James Purser > > > Collaborynth > > > http://collaborynth.com.au > > > Mob: +61 406 576 553 > > > Wave: [email protected] > > > > >
