Re: Users - Wysiwyg Studio for Ofbiz

Posted by Si Chen-2 on
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A practical consideration: I think we're pretty much "married" to FTLs
at this point.  If you're building your own app, sure you can use
whatever you'd like.

Si

Porter Woodward wrote:

> Vinay -
>
> yes it could be a good way to go. Some visual editors also understand
> JSP taglibs, and OfBiz has some that ease working with the
> framework... Not sure how up-to date they are with the emphasis on FTL
> and the newer Widgets system.
>
> The main reason for FTL is execution speed. It's much, much more
> faster than JSP. The other reason for FTL is a more enforced
> separation of code from display logic. JSPs make it all too easy to
> mix code in with your display code. Additionally FTL has some nice
> features that ease display of of data - whether using the <#list> tag
> to iterate over a list, or testing ?if_exists or ?has_content - as
> compared to representing those with the JSP technology that was
> available at the time.
>
> OTOH - the JSTL and JSF work render some of FTL's (at least as
> rendering HTML pages is concerned) features into mere syntactic sugar...
>
> - Porter
>
> Vinay Agarwal wrote:
>>
>> Si,
>>
>> I believe wysiwyg editors are available for JSP although I haven’t
>> used one yet. I know JSP works with OFBiz since some of the screens
>> are in JSP.
>>
>> 1. Could that be a way to go for someone (like me) who wants a visual
>> designer? It may require some tweaking or additional code.
>>
>> 2. What was the main reason for choosing FTL over JSP since JSP
>> clearly has more support and tools?
>>
>> Vinay
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* [hidden email]
>> [mailto:[hidden email]] *On Behalf Of *Si Chen
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:38 AM
>> *To:* OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: [OFBiz] Users - Wysiwyg Studio for Ofbiz
>>
>> Not that I know of...but I sure would like one. Si
>>
>> DUPOUY Jérôme wrote:
>>
>> No, I was looking for a wysiwyg studio to develop easily Screens and
>> Forms (like "Dreamweaver" for HTML :-) ).
>> I'm going to work on this subject and I would want to know if someone
>> has started to develop this kind of thing. It will accelerate the
>> graphical development. And why not with an eclipse plugin ...
>> Best regards
>>
>>
>> Si Chen a écrit :
>>
>> Are you looking for an IDE?  For now, use Eclipse:
>> http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/ofbiz_eclipse.php
>>  
>> Si
>>  
>> DUPOUY Jérôme wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>  
>>> I'm a new ofbiz developer and I have seen old mails about the
>>> development of
>>>  a wysiwyg studio for Ofbiz. I would want to know if someone has
>>> started to
>>>  develop it. In this case, when  will it be available ? Thanks.
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