[Building Sakai] Sakai Presentation layer

[Anthony Whyte]

Apache Velocity is yet another option.


anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan | arwhyte at umich.edu | 517-980-0228


On Feb 11, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Jaco Gillman wrote:

> Hi all
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> 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)
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> Java Server Pages (JSP)
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>  - no documentaion, and no current Sakai tools listed here
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> Java Server Faces (JSF)
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>  - documentaion found, but no current Sakai tools listed here
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> Reasonable Server Faces (RSF)
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>  - documentaion found, Sakai tools listed here
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> Apache Wicket (Wicket)
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>  - documentaion found, Sakai tools listed here
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> I then found a page where these technologies are compared: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Comparing+Sakai+Display+Technologies
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> The following stood out from the list:
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> JSP - No real integration with Sakai other than the fact that it is functional
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> JSF - Integration with Sakai - Has widgets and best integration with Sakai (currently) that is being kept up to date
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> RSF - Integration with Sakai - Current average but improving rapidly, new widgets being developed
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> Wicket - Integration with Sakai - Excellent, see the existing tools for the minimal setup required
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> 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?
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> Regards,
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> Jaco Gillman
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