Re: Web Objects development options...
Re: Web Objects development options...
- Subject: Re: Web Objects development options...
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:22:41 -0700
Hi David,
On Oct 18, 2010, at 9:30 AM, email@hidden wrote:
> I am sure this question has been answered before but ....
>
> We have been asked to convert a large WebObjects / Objective C app that was last modified in the year 2000 to a technology that is supportable today and, hopfully, for the next 10 years. We are also looking for something simple and robust to use as WebObjects and would require minimial amount of effort to port.
>
> The application has about 60 pages, 150 persistent objects and lots of logic in between. It currently runs on Windows and Solaris with an Oracle back end.
Robust and Windows seems like a contradiction, but if the client is happy... :-)
> We have explored JSF, Struts, Groovy, Rails, Python, Spring, Hybernate, JDO, J2EE, etc., etc. In the end though, while most of these technologies score high on the current/future support criteria, some of them not as easy to develop in as WebObjects and each entails a complete rewrite of the application.
>
> So, back to Apple as an option. From what we have learned, the is still a Java version of the WebObjects frameworks available (and a facility to convert the old WebObjects/Objective C artifacts) that runs on Mac OS X. Are there any other options or advice you can share or point us to (e.g. latest versions, support issues, successes?
You may have trouble finding the Obj-C -> Java converter. It has not been shipped with WO for several versions now. Maybe someone out there still has it.
WO is alive and well and being used in new projects. I can't see any reason to not use it and the project already being in WO is a huge reason to continue to use it. You will find many improvements in the last 10 years.
Chuck
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