Re: [Webwork-user] WebWork vs. Other Frameworks

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Obviously this could be a heated debate on TSS but that
aside here are some points to start the discussion.
I'll let others add/delete/edit from mine.

- WW provides provides custom tags in the form of
themes. Struts does not provides this. Anotherwords,
you can create your own set of dynamic custom ui tags
easily; i.e., voice xml, xhtml, wml, etc. Another point
is that the rendering of these tags is abstracted
nicely.

- WW will provide action chaining which struts doesn't
at this time.

- WW provides native support for multi-part support.
Struts provides custom action for this. WW wraps the
request so it behaves as a normal HTTP request.

- WW provides a robust expression language to easily
fetch data. BTW, the new JSTL will provide a similar
capability. Hmm, where did they get this idea?

- WW does support i18n.

- WW will cast your parameter to the appropriate type
for you. struts does not do this. it only supports
strings.

- WW supports multiple view technologies such as XSLT,
Velocity, JSP, Applet, and soon more. I don't know of
any other MVC-like frameworks that support this.

- WW is aimed at providing part of the web tier
solution. For instance, many people use it with
OSCache, Sitemesh, and other complimentary frameworks.

- We haven't profiled WW yet. This needs to be done.

- We still have lots to do but I think we have a solid
start. Check it out and tell us what you think.

-Matt



On Thu, 13 June 2002, Steven Haines wrote

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need to develop a J2EE application using an MVC
> architecture. In the past I have just developed
> frameworks similar to the J2EE Blue Prints, but it is
> cumbersome and takes time to develop (although it
> performs very well from a scalability and memory usage
> perspective).
> 
> I also need the ability to internationalize my
> application.
> 
> I have briefly looked at WebWork and Struts but wanted
> to find out from the field what you believe the
> benefits are to using WebWork. Also, what portion of
> my architecture does WebWork provide? Just the web
> portion or does it provide the framework for the EJB
> backend as well (a mechanism for forwarding business
> events to to middleware)?
> 
> I have followed Rickard's accomplishments over the
> past few years (through JBoss and theserverside.com)
> and I am betting this is the framework for me.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Steven Haines
> 
> 
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