On 4/4/07, Richard Hogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the info. I've been in the Swing world for 10 years and > need to come up to speed on the alphabet soup of the Web World in a few > scant weeks ;-) My knowledge of Ajax is, shall we say, a bit sparse... > > Wicket and GWT seem to be the most swing-like, and they are both easy to > become productive on in an hour (or less).
Another framework to consider might be Echo 2. I think it's kind of in-between Wicket and GWT. Like GWT, you'll have to work with layout managers though, so if you plan to get separate UI designer guys, that won't work as well. > It does boil down to "the right tool for the right job", and management > is looking for the framework of "the future", even though we have no > idea what we are supposed to be building... Yep. A very important consideration is whether the projects you'll be building can be all-ajax, or need to support a more traditional model as well. > I still have some code our architect has put together to accomplish a > "non-trivial" task and he is not happy with the amount of code he had to > write to accomplish the task. I need to find a way, if possible, to > simplify it. Wicket usually doesn't win when it comes to writing less code. However, less code doesn't always mean that it is better maintainable and flexible. In Wicket's case, you often have to write a bit more code than it's counter parts because it is unmanaged and doesn't impose yet another DSL. In return, you'll get lots of type safety, good refactoring support and developer freedom. My biased opinion of course. The choice is your's (and team). What you could do is make a list with 'should haves', 'nice to haves' and 'might haves' and rate the different options you are investigating accordingly. You could send such a list (with your opinions if you whish) here and see if people are interested in giving their - probably Wicket biased - opinions. For example, i18n support, the ability to work with separate designers, reusability, etc. Eelco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
