[Ginp-developers] Hacking

[Doug C. <do...@cu...>]

Dear Justin,

I have been doing a fair amount of hacking and experimentation for the 
ginp.  I have really tried to use Tapestry and make a data base thing 
but was finding the learning curve too steep.  I then thought I would 
move the ginp config file back to the WEB-INF folder as a way of getting 
into the Tapestry framework.  I got too frustrated with the lack of 
productivity and so I tried to use the tag libs to do the same thing.  
This was far more productive and fitted much better with my way of doing 
things. 

I am not saying that Tapestry is bad (it is clearly a much better frame 
work that I will ever program) but I think I prefer the taglib method.  
I do not need total separation of code and html that I can see as being 
a great benefit of Tapestry in big team environments.  I also do not 
mind doing the plumbing and worrying about umlauts.....  I am much more 
productive with taglibs and they are easier to understand and get into 
for typical php type web programmers. Therefore if I sit in isolation I 
would continue with the tag lib approach and rework the wizard (and make 
it work as a phase two config editor.)  However I do not sit in 
isolation so now is your chance to say "RTFM and we really should use 
Tapestry because....". 

At the moment I have a big cvs ci which is a lot of stuff that does not 
really work but I have to decide whether to continue and tidy it up or 
abandon it.  Therefore what are your thoughts?

All the best,

Doug