[jsr-314-open] An observation on where we should focus attention

[Dan Allen]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Jim Driscoll <Jim.Driscoll at sun.com> wrote:

> While the wicket fanboys like to bang on pots and pans and make a lot of
> noise, I think it's important for me to say where I think we should really
> be paying attention -
>
> The following 2 Indeed job trends graphs hopefully make my point:
>
>
> http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=jsf%2C+gwt%2C+jquery%2C+yui%2C+dojo%2C+wicket&l=
>
> http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=jsf%2C+php%2C+asp%2C+rails%2C+wicket&l=
>
> We can learn a thing or two from wicket, but I'd rather learn from or work
> with technologies that are actually in the process of breaking out, or have
> already had great success.
>
> Just something to keep in mind next time you get a derisive tweet.
>
> Jim
>
> P.S.  And that's also a reminder to me that I really need to look at GWT
> again.  And I still have that action item to examine our interoperability
> with jQuery more thoroughly.
>
> P.P.S.  Yes, I think jQuery has won the JS framework wars for the time
> being.  The jobs data backs up my anecdotal experience.  The breakout
> appears to have started about 2 years ago.
>

Speaking of jQuery and JavaScript libraries, one question that came up was
how does the developer ensure that if he/she is using two different
Ajax-based JSF 2 component libraries that use jQuery, for instance, the
library is only imported into the page once? Is there any idea of using a
registry of common libraries namespaces? This would pertain to
@ResourceDependency on a UIComponent in two different component libraries,
both referencing jQuery. We have this unification already with
javax.faces:jsf.js.

-Dan

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