Re: Can you compare webobjects to other similar tools.
Re: Can you compare webobjects to other similar tools.
- Subject: Re: Can you compare webobjects to other similar tools.
- From: Mike Little <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:09:29 -0600
You're right, it's both.
I suppose I could compare and contrast WebObjects and WebSphere for
days.
But let me sum things up for you from the bottom-line.
WebSphere solutions are relatively expensive($10k-160k) and unless your
customers has a six or seven figure budget for the solution, don't
bother. There are however, the new WebSphere Express products which is
IBMs response to the reality that crafty J2EE developers have found
other less expensive application servers to use, specifically JBoss
which is starting to take a significant market share. Another thing to
consider is the IBM development tools such as WebSphere Studio
Application Developer (WSAD) which comes in a couple of different
flavors and is priced between 3-10k per developer seat. These tools,
while capable, are a bit screwy. The QA on these products leave much
to be desired. On the upside, WebSphere is based on industry standards
and IBM tech support is very responsive. There are also several
WebSphere packages available for specific implementations such as
e-commerce, portal, content management etc. I've worked with several
of these package and while they work, their constituent components are
not well integrated and documentation is a bit iffy so you will spend a
lot of time figuring out the nuts and bolts of the solution. This is
good if you're looking for service hours -- bad if you're trying to
contain costs and hit deadlines..
Also, there is an open source variant of WSAD called Eclipse
(www.eclipse.org) that you can download and play with.
All in all, I prefer WebObjects though I'm still relatively new to it.
It just seems to work better. Apple has some polishing to do but
relative to WebSphere, it's a dream.
Of course, you're theoretically more employable with WebSphere, though
I don't see many WebSphere developer getting hired these days.
Good luck,
Mike
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Michael Little - Solution Developer
The MAGE Group - Business solutions for the post dot.com reality
http://www.themagegroup.com
On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 01:00 PM, Green Joan wrote:
From: Tom Jones <email@hidden>
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Web Page Does not load
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:43:27 -0800
Is webobjects a framework or a web application server or both. I guess
it is both.
Could you please compare webobjects to weblogic or/and websphere?
I am so confused. Thanks.
regards
Joan
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