RE: [Announce] XX Framework Version 1.1 - XSL Centric

Looks interesting and potentially worthwhile. I'm surprised that it leaves
out XForms from the mix - any particular reason why?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Moskowitz [mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 03 October 2006 13:17
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  [Announce] XX Framework Version 1.1 - XSL 
> Centric Java Web Framework
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am the developer of the XX Framework, which is an XML/XSL 
> oriented MVC Java web development framework. I've publicized 
> the framework mainly on the Java boards so far, but I think 
> it is perhaps more relevant for XSL users. 
> 
> Here is the standard release announcement. I invite everyone 
> to take a look at the framework at 
> http://www.xxframework.org/ and to provide feedback.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Best regards,
>  David                          mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> ________________________
> XX Framework Version 1.1 
> 
> Infoblazer LLC. is pleased to release the XX Framework under 
> the LGPL open source license. Version 1.1 is available for 
> immediate download. 
> 
> The XX framework is a configurable, XML/XSL-centric 
> implementation of the MVC development paradigm.
> 
> The primary goal of the XX Framework is to handle typical 
> application CRUD (create, retrieve, update, delete) with 
> little or no Java programming. Instead of telling the 
> application how to retrieve and how to display the data, we 
> configure what to retrieve (through XML) and what to display 
> (through XSLT). 
> 
> This approach generally leads to a simpler and more elegant 
> solution that a purely procedural approach. Where the 
> applications needs more than simple CRUD, additional business 
> logic can be easily incorporated into the process. Some 
> additional features of the framework are configurable data 
> caching, thread pooling, and web service integration.
> 
> Some benefits of the framework are:
>  
> Extremely simple to use
> Built around open web standards, including J2EE, XHTML, XML, 
> XSL, CSS Uses XSL and CSS as the application's View layer, 
> allowing total separation of presentation from back end 
> concerns. Page-focused/HTML templating approaches rarely 
> achieve this separation Configurable data caching for optimal 
> performance Automated data persistence (CRUD). 80% of a 
> typical web app can be built with no Java code Uses a 
> ?Portal-based? approach to page design, allowing easy 
> compartmentalization of functionality Integration with web 
> services Reuse common classes and operations for pre-built 
> functionality Enabled caching and thread pooling for greatly 
> increased performance
> 
> The framework promotes a use case oriented development 
> approach. In this approach, use cases are defined for each 
> task the user will perform. In general, each use case will be 
> implemented by a single logical servlet, as defined in the 
> J2EE Specification. The logical servlet may be implemented by 
> one or more implementation classes each implemented a 
> distinct portion of that use case and providing a portion of 
> the resultant display.
> 
> The developer simply needs to write implementation of for 
> these classes. Configuration files determine which 
> implementation classes are called based on user click events. 
> The most common implementation approach has each class return 
> an XML result, yielding a set of XML documents for each use 
> case.. XSL transformation is then applied to the XML results, 
> each transform providing a portion of the desired display. A 
> single JSP page is then used to display the final product.
> 
> The framework then builds upon this foundational approach to 
> provide automation of typical application tasks, such as add, 
> update, delete, select of records from a database. By 
> specifying a simple mapping from the HTML page on one end, 
> through the middle layers, and to the database on the other 
> end, a large subset of application functionality can be 
> achieved without the need to write any Java code. Instead, a 
> combination of XML configuration files, XSL transformation 
> templates, as well as open source tools, namely Hibernate and 
> Castor, are used.
> 
> The goal of the framework is to incorporate more and more 
> common programming tasks, in an open, configurable, and 
> generic manner. Furthermore, since much of the framework if 
> based on XML and XSL, automatic generation of complete 
> applications is achievable.
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