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Re: JSFTemplating: Fwd: recommendations for JSFT website/Google calendar down

From: Michael Phoenix <michaelandrewphoenix_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:38:59 -0700

Ken,

Hope you are feeling better.
OK, where should I go from here with the Website? I mean, should I just go
ahead and start adding the stuff mentioned below that I can get my hands on
and then just ask for imput from this list on the stuff that I don't have
access to? Or does somebody need to approve changes that I make?

Mike

On 9/25/07, Michael Phoenix <michaelandrewphoenix_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> I fixed the google calendar problem and committed the code via CVS. I
> assume there is something you need to do to refresh the page for the web
> server so that everybody can see the changes.
> I have some more comments on the item list below.
>
> On 9/25/07, Michael Phoenix <michaelandrewphoenix_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just sharing this email conversation between Ken and myself with the
> > rest of the group. I wanted to talk about this at the meeting, but I called
> > in late and nobody was there. So, I'm going to start on adding the links Ken
> > gave me here. It looks like the calendar is still not appearing on the
> > Website, so I am going to look into that as well. Can somebody refresh my
> > memory about the commands needed to update a CVS directory?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Ken Paulsen < Ken.Paulsen_at_sun.com>
> > Date: Sep 25, 2007 9:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: recommendations for JSFT website/Google calendar down
> > To: Michael Phoenix < michaelandrewphoenix_at_gmail.com>
> > Cc: Ken Paulsen < Ken.Paulsen_at_sun.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Phoenix wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > Are we having a meeting tomorrow? If so, you may want to send out a
> > reminder, because google calendars appears to be down.
> >
> > Ok, thanks for letting me know... reminder sent.
> >
> > i've also gone over the JSFT website. Here are some
> > questions/observations on the tutorials and set ups.
> >
> > 1) Is "sun:" always the prefix for components? If not, where is the code
> > that handles setting the tag prefix?
> >
> > No... the annotation in the "factory" file specifies this. The "sun:"
> > components are the "Woodstock" components. There is some mapping facility
> > implemented in JSFTemplating, however, only the Facelets syntax currently
> > supports this... we need to implement this in the "template" syntax as well.
> >
>
> OK, so where is the 'factory" file located? There is nothing with a
> similar filename in the project.
>
> 2) Facets really should be better explained. Maybe even a link to an
> > online source outside of java.net would be a good idea.
> >
> > Facets or Facelets? I agree, we can and should link to info on both.
> >
>
> I was talking about facets, although we really should have documentation
> on all the facelets work and how to use it as well. I can actually
> probably find a link to the facets documentation on-line. Those folks who
> have worked on the facelets stuff should write up some good docs for the
> website.
>
> 3) Event and Handlers needs A LOT of work. It doesn't come close to
> > explaining to a novice how and why s/he should use these.
> >
> > Yes, I agree... Leonid Lamburt recently provided an HTML page that
> > begins to explain the difference between handlers, we still don't have
> > anything that explains the advantages and when/why you'd use an event.
> >
> > https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/doc/eventsHandlersList.html
> >
>
> I can put a link to this in the tutorial.
>
> 4) Finally, for developers on the JSFT project, it would be good to have
> > an area that talks about the project architecture including the important
> > classes.
> >
> > Yes again! :)
> >
>
> Who can do this? It needs to be somebody who understands the project well.
>
> In the future, should I be sending these sort of emails directly to the
> > developer list?
> >
> > Yes, that would be fine... others can then reply and send in their
> > opinions as well.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
> So, I can put in the links as indicated above for information we do have.
> Much of these items require more content be written. Who can do this? Number
> 4 is particualrly important, I'd like to start doing some real development
> (coding and analysis), but I really need more information in order to have
> some place to start in understanding the internals of JSFTemplating. Getting
> content to address items 1, 3, and 4 would go a long ay in helping me get a
> handle on this.
>
>
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