[Building Sakai] Sakai Presentation layer

[Cris J Holdorph]

I develop all my Sakai tools using Spring MVC and JSP as the templating 
layer.  These tools are client specific and do not exist in the generic 
Sakai codebase.  However, there is a tool developed by other Unicon 
employees including Aaron Zeckoski and Bob Long based on Kaltura 
integration that is an example Spring MVC/JSP tool.

I can not compare the experience of Spring MVC to Wicket.  I know I 
absolutely hated JSF and RSF.  Wicket felt like yet another component 
technology even if it was better, the component technology was part of 
what I didn't like about JSF and RSF, so I did not ever pursue trying to 
create a tool using it.

While there may not be any tools listed on that page, there are 
definitely a lot of Sakai tools written in JSF.  It's not a technology I 
would recommend, but rest assured it's in heavy use.

---- Cris J H

On 02/11/2014 03:01 PM, Jaco Gillman wrote:
> 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***
>
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>
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