Hi,
I'm still a wicket newbie, so I can't comment much on the technical benefits
of one or the other way. From my experience on widget toolkits, I prefer to
use Swing (no need for the parent in the constructor) than SWT (requires the
parent in the constructor), mainly because I think it's easier to read when
you explicitly call the add method (I don't like calling new and doing
nothing with the instance I created, simply because the constructor is
enough). The example of DefaultDataTable show also the complexity of this
approach in some cases.
But the most important IMO is the developer time it requires to maintain the
two branches with these differences. The time spent on backporting and
forward porting is time which is not spent on testing, bug fixing and new
features. So I think this change isn't really worth its cost.
My 2 c.
- Xavier
On 3/6/07, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
We (Wicket's developers) are having some discussion over 1.3 vs 2.0
and how difficult it is as a nun-funded project to spend so much time
synchronizing the branches.
A major issue in the discussion is that not everyone is convinced
anymore that the constructor change in 2.0 is for the better. There
are pros and cons for sure, but we want to get your opinion on this.
Please help us out giving your opinion. We want to know:
1) Who uses 2.0 for serious projects?
2) What do you think of the constructor change? Do you prefer 1.3's
add style or 2.0's style of passing in the parent construction time.
3) If we would ever backtrack on the constructor change (*if*, don't
panic for now) how much trouble would that give you?
Please don't be shy giving your opinion. This is an important issue in
the future development of Wicket.
Regards,
Eelco
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