[Echo-list] EchoXUL Framework Preview Release

[Terry L. <tj...@la...>]

I am pleased to announce the preview release of a new framework for the 
Echo community.  This framework allows for the creation of Echo user 
interfaces using an XUL like representation (Mozilla's user interface 
language, see http://www.xulplanet.com).  Currently, the user 
interfaces (views) can be created with a mixture of XHTML elements, XUL 
elements (box model only) or straight assembly of Echo components.  
Visit the project web page ( http://echoxul.sourceforge.net ) for more 
information.

If you are an Echo developer who would like to investigate ways to 
cleanly seperate your layout tasks from your Java code, please download 
the examples, source code, and users guide.  This framework is not yet 
complete, so I need community feedback in order to get it right.  
Please send feedback in response to this message or on the echoxul 
mailing list (ech...@li...).

Also, I apologize in advance for not having an internet-accessible demo 
available.  Please use the WebStart launcher on the project home page 
or install the WAR from the downloads area to get it working.  After 
looking through the user's guide, the test application is an excellent 
place to start your investigation.

If you choose to build any of the components from source, you will need 
Apache Maven (http://maven.apache.org/start/download.html).  Once 
installed and on your path, simple execute "maven jar" from any of the 
top level modules (ie. any module containing project.xml).  For the 
testapp, you can execute "maven war" to build the war file.  Note that 
you will need an internet connection for the first time running maven 
because it downloads a lot of dependencies.

Thanks.
Terry Laurenzo