[Building Sakai] Sakai Presentation layer

[Jaco Gillman]

Hi all



After many hours of struggling to make a new Sakai tool work like I
expected inside the Sakai framework, I went back to the Sakai documentation
and came across the different Presentation Layers (
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Presentation+Layer)



Java Server Pages (JSP)

 - no documentaion, and no current Sakai tools listed here

Java Server Faces (JSF)

 - documentaion found, but no current Sakai tools listed here

Reasonable Server Faces (RSF)

 - documentaion found, Sakai tools listed here

Apache Wicket (Wicket)

 - documentaion found, Sakai tools listed here



I then found a page where these technologies are compared:
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Comparing+Sakai+Display+Technologies

*The following stood out from the list:*

*JSP - No real integration with Sakai other than the fact that it is
functional*
JSF - Integration with Sakai - *Has widgets and best integration with Sakai
(currently) that is being kept up to date* RSF - Integration with
Sakai - *Current
average but improving rapidly, new widgets being developed* Wicket -
Integration with Sakai - *Excellent, see the existing tools for the minimal
setup required*



Wicket and JSF seems to be the better options.  How relevant are these
today? Is there still no real *JSP* integration with *Sakai*? I guess my
question is, for someone that has little to no experience on all except
JSP, which Presentation layer option would be a better choice for creating
new tools in Sakai?


Regards,

*Jaco Gillman*

Java Developer

opencollab

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*Email*: jaco at opencollab.co.za  |  *Skype*: gillmanjc

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