http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Wysiwyg-Studio-for-Ofbiz-tp139244p139248.html
them and to save them in place for later use. They're going on this list
this problem. Are there any plans to group these discussions per topic
> 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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