[Building Sakai] [Management] Gradebook Situation

[Michael Feldstein]

Not for the principle UI framework, but for the principle *server-side* UI framework. Many of the participating Sakai 3 schools are moving toward client-side development, but not all. Of those that are not, the server-side framework I hear mentioned the most is GWT these days. I have no strong opinion (and certainly no expert opinion) on which server-side framework would be best, but just from a skillset management perspective, I think we do need to make allowances for shops that don't have strong client-side development skills to be able to contribute.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Norton [mailto:markjnorton at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:22 PM
To: Michael Feldstein
Cc: Clay Fenlason; Noah Botimer; Managers; sakai2-tcc; Sakai Developers
Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] [Management] Gradebook Situation

  On 7/29/2010 1:05 PM, Michael Feldstein wrote:
> I personally think it's very important for us to support one (though preferably only one) server-side UI framework in Sakai 3, and GWT is the obvious candidate.
Why would you nominate GWT for the principle UI framework?  My experience with it is that it is brittle and hard to debug.  I also note that Kuali Student went down the GWT path and is now moving to something else (TBD).  Isn't Sakai moving away from a server side framework towards RESTful interfaces like JSON?

Sadly, I really don't think we are going to agree on a UI framework.  
We've had discussions on this topic for YEARS without resolution.

-1 for GWT.

FWIW,  Mark Norton





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