On 03/08/2009, at 12:23 PM, Brian Wachter wrote:
I have a license of WebObjects (along with 3 WO books) that I
purchased
several years ago, which has been sitting on the shelf. The reasons
being
(1) web development is an ancillary part of my current job and I’ve
not had
any projects that required the technology and (2) because I’ve been
reluctant to invest time in what I’m thinking is a limited-userbase/
dead
technology.
Dead, no; mature, yes; and certainly moving forward.
Limited, well somewhat niche, sure, but has a vibrant user-base.
I’ve got some dynamic-driven web-based development projects on the
horizon,
so before I eBay my WO license, I thought that I’d solicit feedback
from the
WebObjects community as to whether you would recommend WO as a
solution for
dynamic-driven sites.
In general, yes.
I don’t know Java,
What do you know?
it seems EOModeler has been
deprecated,
Yes, the Apple-tools are no longer used. These days Eclipse/WOLips is
the apple/community sponsored toolset.
http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/Home
and I’m guessing that the books and documentation that I have
are antiquated.
Perhaps but they'll still be a useful reference though the examples
might need translating to the different toolset. Which books?
So, I’m thinking that I’d have a steep learning curve.
It certainly will be somewhat steep.
I’m also wondering what the popular alternatives to WO may be.
Will depend somewhat on what you know or are willing to learn.
php, Ruby on Rails, Python, Grails (Groovy) etc
Or perhaps you just want to use something pre-built with cms
functionality like drupal which has lots of plugins for various
functionality.
Depends on what you're trying to achieve.
Thanks in advance for the feedback!
with regards,
--
Lachlan Deck
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