Published on
May 24, 2010 in
Java.
Tags: brix.
It is truly unquestionably the best cms framework for Java. And it makes managing content with pluggable dynamic sections easy. It excels in many ways and features. but it is mainly aimed towards bigger sites. i had actually began the work of making my own cms/blog when i accidentally discovered Brix. i fooled around with it and quickly came to the following conclusion:
its to big for use in simple cases like a blog. making a blog in wicket is just hammering nails. making something similar in brix means adding alot more stuff and not needed wrapping. It is per example no need in my blog for changing or creating the templates when the application is running. templates can be predefined and switched in an administration panel.
My final conclusion is that i have not yet seen the best of Brix and that I still need some time playing with it and learning its internals.
I will absolutely recommend Brix for more advanced sites that need an active dialog with designers and webdevelopers. they wont even know that the page is written in Java because all they see is Xhtml!
Don’t give me this crap! the person saying that the web should be cross browser compatible is mostly thinking in the wrong lines (focused on the individual sites). one should start with the browsers first: different shit different wrappings… all browsers has some or many problems. they might even not be problems in the first place, just incompability issues.
so what am i suggesting? develop a universal browser framework that takes care of rendering and let people make good looking wrappings for it! Generally it would mean no difference for the end user and party time for web designers (because they would no longer be needed most of the time). and the Java web developers ( count me in) would be a bunch more productive and would generally live a happier life 
Published on
May 14, 2010 in
Java.
Tags: linux.
It shouldnt be that hard really. and it aint. its just for a mediocre user like me its a pure hell if you dont know what you are doing. openjdk my ass. all linuxes have that damned package. its not that it doesnt work as expected, but i want to run and compile my software in the environment it is going to be used. and that aint for sure not openjdk.
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Published on
May 10, 2010 in
Java.
I have in my past two years as a professional Java web developer stumbled upon the fact that if my code is not reusable and readable, as well as not structured and modularized, it cannot be maintained in the long run. I have had the need for good web frameworks and I have learnt a few of the available support frameworks along the way. By saying support frameworks I mean for example Freemarker templating engine. It is not a web framework in it self but rather a helping hand for separating code from design.
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