[Seaside] Design of WAComponent(s)

Boris Popov boris at deepcovelabs.com
Wed Mar 5 20:32:59 UTC 2008


+1, for example there's no way I could see a standard "login" component work for us, let alone anything else that I can think of. Components is something you build as you make up your own application, its not something you take off the shelf and plug in.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: seaside-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:seaside-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Marschall
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:25 PM
> To: Seaside - general discussion
> Subject: Re: [Seaside] Design of WAComponent(s)
> 
> 2008/3/5, Andreas Tönne <atoenne at cincom.com>:
> > ....
> 
> I think the main point to understand here is that the components that
> come with Seaside are not a component library or even a component
> framework. They are simple stand alone components. They are not made
> with reusabilty, configurabitlity or customyzability in mind. They are
> focused on KISS and "getting the job done" and mostly for use Seaside
> itself. They will get you started fast but at one point sooner rather
> than later you will hit their limits. That's ok, they're not supposed
> to be the "be all, end all".
> 
> The points you made IMHO apply only if you want to build a component
> library or even component framework. That should be an addon protect
> and has no place in Seaside-Core. Honestly I have my doubts if such a
> such thing could ever work given the very special needs of users
> concerning not only functionality but also mark up.
> 
> Cheers
> Philippe


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