Re: Testing WO code

WOW Wicket!

http://wicket.sourceforge.net/

Fewer dependencies than Tapestry, no xml files and the eclipse kick 
start project/application just worked. There were exactly 0 problems, 
counting even the smallest hickup.

/Anders

Ashley Aitken wrote:
> 
> Howdy Mark (et al.),
> 
> On 02/08/2005, at 12:55 PM, Mark Doyle wrote:
> 
>> I am going to invite Lenny to comment here (I don't think he reads  
>> webobjects-talk)... However, we have pretty much gone down the path  
>> of transitioning from WebObjects/EOF to WebObjects/Hibernate/Spring
> 
> 
> I'm interested in this for another reason (than unit testing,  although 
> that is important too).
> 
> I've found other things that seem comparable (and better in some ways  
> to EOF, although probably not as mature) - namely, Hibernate, various  
> JDO implementations (including JPOX), and, of course, Cayenne.
> 
> However, from what I've seen Tapestry has some extra complexity (and  
> different design choices) than WebObjects, JSF seems to have broader  
> goals, and Wicket is quite new.
> 
> Hence, the WebObjects framework still seems to be one of the most  
> mature and functional Web frameworks.  Of course, others will  disagree 
> (but I'm not keen at this point to argue that).
> 
> My email is to ask more about this:
> 
>>  The integration of Spring/Hibernate into WebObjects isn't exactly  
>> straightforward, but our applications that have been transitioned  are 
>> faster, have a smaller memory footprint, and scale much better  
>> (easier to deploy across multiple machines for instance).
> 
> 
> Why was integration difficult?
> 
> Why did you feel the need to use Spring?  Surely, Hibernate could  just 
> replace EOF.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any comments.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ashley.
> 
> PS I haven't used Tapestry or Wicket as yet, and have only done a  
> little JSF using Java Studio Creator (or whatever it is called).  My  
> comments are based mainly on research and others comments.
> 
> -- 
> Ashley Aitken
> Perth, Western Australia
> mrhatken at mac dot com
> Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!)