[Aplaws-devel] [aplaws - Developing on APLAWS+] RE: Raising the profile of APLAWS

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By: terry_permeance

A few random(ish) observations:

1. Aplaws was too hard to build before. It's now pretty simple with ecdc. Next
steps would be to migrate to maven and to embed derby.

2. I think we should replace the output applications with Liferay (or equivalent)
which does a much better job at layout, portlets, etc. By "output" I mean the
content, navigation and portal applications.

3. The content center needs to be rewritten in a more productive UI framework.
GWT might be a good option given Bebop is already Swing-like.

In short, Aplaws is pretty solid from a technical perspective, even if it doesn't
use Spring, Hibernate and the latest and greatest frameworks. I think the
RedHat/Arsdigita/Aplaws community have done a great job.

>From a non-technical perspective, Aplaws needs something to differentiate itself
from the open-source crowd
[http://java-source.net/open-source/content-managment-systems] and attract new
users and developers. It could be government compliance but it could be something
else. Alfresco + Liferay integration is pretty basic. Aplaws could position
itself as a portlet-based CMS.

Regards,
Terry



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