Re: replacement for webobjects builder?

Hi there,

On 17/01/2007, at 1:24 PM, Cheong Hee (Datasonic) wrote:

> I have put Eclipse/WOLips in Windows. My Hello World is running :-)  
> and I still need to figure out quite a bit.  However, I do notice  
> that WOBuilder does not have the UI that have drag & drop function  
> for us to put WO Components in html page.  In this case, we have to  
> go into html editing and it takes time to work on UI.  I could be  
> overlooked and please comment.

WebObjects Builder was never a so-called 'pro' WYSIWYG html editor.  
It gave you enough though to map out pages. You can still use  
WebObjects Builder to sketch out your components basic html structure  
if you feel you need to.

> The team behind WOLips have done a tremendous job to integrate WO  
> into Eclipse. As the Project Builder is no longer supported, I am  
> just wondered what are alternative tools/platform availiable and  
> its pro & cons exist in our developer community.
> ..Eclipse + WOLips

By far the most vibrant and real alternative. Though at this time  
WOLips doesn't offer WYSIWYG editing it *may* in the future. But it  
offers features that WebObjects Builder never offered - such as wod  
binding validation, auto-completion (and templated suggestions etc).  
Many of the bugs that you may have only discovered at runtime are now  
available at compile time. A big plus!

> ..development tool comes with MacOS X (project builder ?)

Project Builder has long since bitten the dust. Xcode replaced  
Project Builder at least a few years ago. WebObjects can still be  
developed with the Apple-supplied Xcode, WebObjects Builder,  
EOModeler, etc toolset.... noting that (except for Xcode) those other  
tools are marked as deprecated meaning that they'll not be receiving  
further updates and that at some point in the future they'll go away.

Other than that, I believe some people might be using other Java IDEs  
with ant files... it often comes down to what tools you're familiar/ 
productive with.

with regards,
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Lachlan Deck