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Color Scheme Generator and Fade Anything Technique I don't know where I learned about these, but they're pretty good.

Posted in The Web at Mar 21 2005, 11:00:23 AM MST 5 Comments

Tapestry is the best Java framework available today David Geary:

So what's the best Java-based framework available today? It's a very close call, IMO, but I'd have to give the nod to Tapestry at the moment. I really like Tapestry's pure separation of HTML and components and the ability to create custom components without any Java code. That gives it an edge on JSF, which, like Tapestry is one of what I refer to as 3rd generation WAFs, that support components and a server-side event model.

He goes on to say that he'll likely continue to use JSF (with Shale) because it pays the bills and will dethrone Struts as the most popular - which will obviously lead to more gigs. I especially like this part of his post:

After I get client-side validation and file uploads added to Shale I want to turn my attention to Tiles integration, AJAX support and exploring Tapestry-like views that strictly separate HTML and component definitions. For me, those are the most exciting areas of Shale.

I agree that JSF definitely needs Tapestry-like HTML Templates. Shale definitely sounds cool, but I find it funny that it takes yet another framework to make JSF usable. ;-) Hopefully Shale will prove a lot of ideas worthwhile and end up as features in JSF 2.0. Posted in Java at Mar 21 2005, 09:00:52 AM MST 9 Comments