Re: Users - Guidance on Widgets vs FTLs

Posted by David E. Jones on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Guidance-on-Widgets-vs-FTLs-tp137583p137584.html


The easiest one is the "example" component...

-David


On Feb 26, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Vinay Agarwal wrote:

> I have decided to go with form widgets. Which application should I  
> use as
> base of how to do things?
>
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> This is a good general guideline. The only real exception is the
> ecommerce webapp which is meant to be more easily customize for a
> specific look and feel because it is customer facing where such
> things are more important. In general with the layout and such is
> critical, plain old HTML-based templates (in FTL files) are the way
> to go.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Al Byers wrote:
>
>> Vinay,
>>
>> Having coded a good bit of the widget functionality, I am partial
>> to it.
>> I do believe that it is the way that OFBiz will be going. We are
>> trying
>> to switch all screens to it. The goal is always to reduce code size
>> while preserving flexibility. Since you can always call .ftl  
>> templates
>> from within widget screens, there is not much reason not to use it.
>>
>> The multi-levels of the decorator screen includes makes it
>> practical to
>> have a fairly complex UI framework. Trying to do the same thing
>> without
>> using widget technology would get messy.
>>
>> Also, I believe that having your entire UI codebase in XML will
>> make for
>> some powerful generation and maintenance scripts down the road.
>>
>> -Al
>>
>> Vinay Agarwal wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I used ecommerce as base for my application which uses FTLs for most
>>> screens instead of form widgets. I have built about 20 or so screens
>>> (about 10% of total task) using FTLs based on ecommerce css but
>>> having
>>> increasing difficulty in making their output predictable. I am not
>>> looking for any "slick" screens, just some clean and professional
>>> looking interface. I am looking for guidance on the direction I
>>> should
>>> take.
>>>
>>> Option 1. Switch to form widgets since 90% work remains.
>>>
>>> Option 2. Stay with FTL since they potentially allow ultimate
>>> customization of screens.
>>>
>>> Other options?
>>>
>>> I would appreciate your suggestions.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Vinay Agarwal
>>>
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