Frameworks used

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Portugu�s / portuguese:
Quais tecnologias foram usadas para o desenvovimento?


English:
Which technologies had been used for the development?


Thanks.
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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JForum uses Freemarker ( http://www.freemarker.org ) as template engine. There are no other major dependencies or frameworks.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Why did u decide to use Freemarker? I'd never seen Freemarker code until I downloaded jforum, and whilst I'm impressed by the speed, it doesn't seem to be widely used.

Also, did u consider using a persistence framework like hibernate to save you hand-coding the data access?
[originally posted on jforum.net by analogueboy]

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analogueboy wrote:Why did u decide to use Freemarker? I'd never seen Freemarker code until I downloaded jforum, and whilst I'm impressed by the speed, it doesn't seem to be widely used.

I started with Velocity, but then I came with some annoying limitations, and every time I asked for help or explanations on their list, the anwsers were nothing as I was expecting at all.

Freemarker is being constantly improved, and up to now there are so many features that you cannot simply call it as a "template engine".. It does much more ( this can be at the same time good and bad, anyway ).

analogueboy wrote:
Also, did u consider using a persistence framework like hibernate to save you hand-coding the data access?

There are already some manifestations ( see other questions ) about using other data persistence engines, like Hibernate and Prevayler ( and another one I can't remember the name ). There isn't any concrete code yet, but you could wait for them in a near future ;) ( or, of couse, you can develop it before the others hehehe )

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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point taken on velocity, but why about plain jsp where you could have used some pre-existing frameworks/taglibs?

I am really impressed by the speed of the existing app tho..
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:point taken on velocity, but why about plain jsp where you could have used some pre-existing frameworks/taglibs?

I am really impressed by the speed of the existing app tho..

For my part, I am glad to see that JSPs were not used here.

When you get around to supporting skinnable looks-and-feels, something like Velocity or Freemarker are definitely going to help. JSPs would be a PITA.

I used Velocity on my last big project, and I might not ever use JSPs again.

[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]