[crossbar-user] RE: saw your crossbar-user subscription...

[Brian T. <to...@di...>]

Hi Daniel!

Thanks for your consideration!  I haven't had a chance to install yet, I
generally sign up for the mailing list a bit in advance just to see what =
kind
of traffic is going on, what people are talking about, a way to get =
mentally
prepared to put my head into it.

I'm using EJB on JBoss and Struts for my application foundation, and am =
just
starting to get to the point where I can deploy applications.  It's =
pretty
funny, I knew all the concepts of EJB, but never truly realized what a =
huge
hurdle it is to get started with.  Anyway, that's behind me now though, =
and
I'm pretty happy with the results.  So job one on any integration is =
making
sure that the source that I am merging in can work well with EJB, or how =
they
can be coaxed to work together.  Cursory glance would indicate direct =
JDBC
database access, so I need to make sure that the entity bean caches are
transactionally flushed to the DB so that Crossbar doesn't try to =
traverse
stale foreign keys while the entities are updating.

The first application that I wouldn't mind integrating into something =
like
Crossbar is a simple app with Webalizer functionality.  Since everyone =
needs
the ability to analyze web logs, this might be a really good sample app. =
 I
don't know much about Crossbar yet, but of course it's a very =
comfortable
adoption path when you can integrate some existing code written with =
"best
practices" for the particular application, then organically modify and
refactor to suit your own application needs. =20

In some regard, all applications are "reporting applications", so I =
could
also see how Crossbar functionality could become something of a =
presentation
API for the view.  In other words, the end-user application code is
sandwiched between Struts and Crossbar, with Crossbar forming the =
eventual
path to the end-user browser. =20

Anyway, I'm interested in your thoughts on all this.  I've CC'd the =
list,
maybe there is some juicy bits that others might want to ponder as well.

best,

-b

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Kehoe [mailto:ke...@fo...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: Brian Topping
> Subject: saw your crossbar-user subscription...
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> Thanks for your interest in Crossbar!
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> Do you have any comments or feedbacks?
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> Any problems installing? Is it something you can use? What do you need
> to make it more useful?
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>   Daniel
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