Hello,
I'm evaluating technology choices for a database-backed web project. None
of us has ever worked in Java before, so I'm slowly making my way through
the alphabet soup, trying to understand all the pieces we will need and what
they do. Yes, we're a bit nuts, but that's ok. I prefer to think of it as
brave. :)
I have tentatively narrowed our choices to WebObjects or
Eclipse/Tapestry/Cayenne. I have read about both, but not to a level of
detail that I would call informed yet. For example, I'm pretty sure that
the WO API is more extensive, but I haven't actually compared to see if that
is true.
Since there is a huge amount of material to digest here, I'm starting to
talk to people about this now, even though I don't quite know what I'm doing
yet, because if there are compelling reasons to go one way or the other I
can save myself a lot of time. I'm asking on this list (one of about 10
I've been reading lately) because it seems like there is a good mix of
people here who use both tools. If this is not an appropriate topic, then
please just send me to the right place (politely, I hope :).
My criteria are pretty simple: I'm looking for something that is relatively
straightforward to use, is well thought of in Java circles, and has a
future. I don't expect the tools we choose to make learning Java or J2EE
any easier, but since we have a lot to learn I don't want the tools to make
it harder, either. I'm also looking for something that's going to be
acceptable to the average IT manager (aka PHB). It is less important to me
that WO is not Open Source, but I would like the ability to pull in other
people's code (JARs, I believe?) and integrate it with ours where
appropriate (the end result of this will be Open Source).
Thoughts, suggestions? Have I overlooked other tools I should investigate?
thanks,
Alice
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