#53 Web-Based Report Writer
A web-based report designer is to be developed. While it is possible to run the existing Swing-based designer as an applet, a pure HTML designer should be developed since that should provide more broad support for users. I previously wrote such a designer for a reporting tool I was developing on my own, so I have a decent idea what's involved.
The first step should be to evaluate potential libraries to make this task easier in terms of UI components. Potential candidates included Dojo, Ext JS, dhtmlx or Tibco General Interface. Might also consider a Flex or GWT-based solution. If not using a framework like those, think about DWR for AJAX support. Right now, Ext JS seems like the best option. Need to determine if there are any licensing compatibility issues (I know the Apache folks have some issues with GPL/LGPL and the ASF, so we may have the same issues).
I'm thinking this will be in the form of a WAR that can be dropped in the servlet container of choice. It won't use EJBs or anything like that, it should work in a simple container such as Tomcat (in fact, Tomcat should be *the* target, which usually leads to it working in other containers without too much trouble).
