Re: Why WebObjects?
Re: Why WebObjects?
- Subject: Re: Why WebObjects?
- From: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:13:25 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Lotsa Cabo wrote:
> I have read the sales literature. I realize why Apple promotes
> WebObjects. I am curious, however, why other people have chosen it.
I was a slow convert because I am not (still not) a Java fan. Despite
this, WO won me over.
I'd done web stuff in straight C, C+XML (http://clarion.deirdre.org),
PHP+MySQL (www.fuzzyorange.com), tcl (for TiVo), C++ (for Be), Python and
server-side Javascript (www.nissan-usa.com). Oh, and JSP. So it's not
like I haven't tried other options.
That said, I generated all of the data for this page:
http://baycon.org/2004/schedule/
Granted, the presentation for this page is in PHP, but that was the
webmaster's choice.
It's 17 tables of stuff, including what should or shouldn't be presented
publicly. (I missed one nit, to be fixed in the next push to that page).
What this shows is only a small part of the total data problem.
Some of the nastier bits to manage include:
1) what times people are available
2) who wants to be scheduled with whom (or not)
3) who can't be scheduled opposite someone else (because they're
jointly watching a small child)
4) Technical requirements for the program item
5) Hotel requirements for the program item
The WO app not only generates the schedule, but also the templates for all
the hotel stuff, technical schedule, and a schedule for staff as well as
all the panelists.
Oh. 3800 lines of code in the .java files, which includes some reports in
iText.
> Is it because they have a Mac and that is the server solution for Mac?
> Is it because of EO Modeler? Is there some other reason?
EO Modeler may not be the best ER design tool, but:
a) it's included in the price with WO;
b) you can generate significant starting points for WO from it;
c) it runs on my favorite platform, which other options didn't;
BTW, I develop on MacOS X but deploy on Linux (Debian).
> I need to make a final decision on a web solution. I would be
> grateful for any input each of you could provide as to why you
> selected WebObjects.
I wouldn't go back.
--
_Deirdre http://deirdre.net
"Ideally pacing should look like the stock market for the year 1999, up
and up and up, but with lots of little dips downwards...."
-- Wen Spencer on plotting a novel
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