On May 19, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Michael DeMan wrote: > Hi John, > > Thanks for the follow up. > > The bottom line is that for the current contract that I am on, WO is plagued > in two (of the same old) areas: > > 1) Lack of developers. As we all know, its a pretty tiny marketplace. The > people generally are top notch, but nonetheless for a large company they need > from a risk management perspective to know that they can find people, whether > current employees or run over a bus, find more interesting things to do in > life - or whatever.
There are still some of use contractors out here. :-) Chuck > > 2) Lack of client side stuff. I personally have steered clear of JavaScript > since when Netscape first prefixed the name 'java' onto their client-side > browser scripting technologies. Nonetheless, for large companies and for > internal-only back office operations, it is nice to be able to deliver > quasi-native-desktop application working environments to folks within the > browser with minimal risk to core functionality. It seems that GWT is > relatively mature now and is possibly a solution for the work scenario I am > in. > > I will also follow up with you off-list within the couple of days. Again, > thank you for the follow up. > > - mike > > On May 19, 2011, at 8:24 PM, John Huss wrote: > >> I don't think it's actively maintained. I started a project called WOGWT >> (also on google code); it's out of date, but newer than this one. >> >> It really depends on what you need because you can communicate with a WO >> server in many possible ways: >> 1) JSON/XML via direct actions >> 2) JSON/XML via REST >> 3) JSON/XML via component actions >> 4) RPC via direct actions >> 5) RequestFactory somehow >> >> For JSON or XML you don't really need anything specific to GWT on the >> server. >> For RPC, WOGWT has a request handler you could use. >> RequestFactory is the newest RPC method in GWT and could be very useful, but >> I haven't heard of anyone integrating it with WO yet. >> >> What are you looking to do? >> >> John >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Michael DeMan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Does anybody know status on the WOGST adaptor (is it reliable/well >> designed?) - or is there another standard technique to use to be able to >> utilize GWT on the client side with WebObjects on the back end? >> >> http://sites.google.com/site/wogwtadapter/ >> >> Thanks, >> >> - Mike DeMan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/johnthuss%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40global-village.net > > This email sent to [email protected] -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Come to WOWODC this July for unparalleled WO learning opportunities and real peer to peer problem solving! Network, socialize, and enjoy a great cosmopolitan city. See you there! http://www.wocommunity.org/wowodc11/
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