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by Gregg Bolinger-7 :: Rate this Message:

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I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).  
Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for

I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.  I'm
content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
provide. Oh well.

Gregg

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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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My first instinct after reading what you linked to was to post a snarky reply to the effect of, "I'll just let Stripes stay a competitive advantage for me, then", but then a wave of would-that-get-anyone-to-investigate-stripes kicked in with a moderate dose of laziness tossed in for good measure, and I didn't respond.  Still, though, if we don't advocate for Stripes, no one will...

-BD aka RJ

----- Original Message ----
From: Gregg Bolinger <gdboling.stripes@...>
To: Stripes Users List <stripes-users@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:26:06 PM
Subject: [Stripes-users] Stripes Ignored...Again

I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God). 
Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for

I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.   I'm
content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
provide. Oh well.

Gregg

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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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Since when has public opinion been a good indicator of how great something is?  It should be expected!

 

From: stripes-users-bounces@... [mailto:stripes-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Barry Davies
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [Stripes-users] Stripes Ignored...Again

 

My first instinct after reading what you linked to was to post a snarky reply to the effect of, "I'll just let Stripes stay a competitive advantage for me, then", but then a wave of would-that-get-anyone-to-investigate-stripes kicked in with a moderate dose of laziness tossed in for good measure, and I didn't respond.  Still, though, if we don't advocate for Stripes, no one will...

-BD aka RJ

----- Original Message ----
From: Gregg Bolinger <gdboling.stripes@...>
To: Stripes Users List <stripes-users@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:26:06 PM
Subject: [Stripes-users] Stripes Ignored...Again

I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God). 
Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for

I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.   I'm
content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
provide. Oh well.

Gregg

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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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In my professional career I have used strtus1/2,webwork,spring mvc..... and Stripes and I truly believe that Stripes is the best request based MVC framework. That being said I usually don't miss an opportunity to advocate stripes. Stripes should not be ignored and I would like people(who visit his blog) to notice that.

Hey, if Struts can be a very popular framework why can't a Stripes(which is certainly better than Struts).




Gregg Bolinger-7 wrote:
I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).  
Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for

I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.  I'm
content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
provide. Oh well.

Gregg

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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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I agree that Stripes is an excellent framework. However, I also believe it needs better marketing. It's virtually unknown because there aren't that many articles, books or blogs posted about it. I've tried to sell it to companies on my last two projects and it's often shunned because no one has heard of it. Also, there's no "poster child" application that proves it's a great framework for a large-scale deployment.

I definitely like it and would prefer to use it when developing an application that needs a request-based framework. However, it's been very difficult to convince companies that it's a good idea.

More and more, I'm seeing Spring MVC chosen by companies because they are already using Spring in the middle-tier or backend. It's unfortunate, but I can also understand the justification behind it.

Matt

Gregg Bolinger-7 wrote:
I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).  
Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for

I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.  I'm
content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
provide. Oh well.

Gregg

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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

by VANKEISBELCK Remi-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Hello Matt,

No pun intended, but I don't understand the logic here...
If you really feel Stripes is great, but suffers from
"undermarketing", then why didn't you mention it in your blog ?

Folks like you are probably our best way to market Stripes, being a
well known blogger in the JEE space with established reputation...
Us, poor anonymous coders, don't have such power when it comes to
"spread the word". We can talk about Stripes in technical words, but
we don't have thousands of decision makers listening to us.

Stripes suffers under-marketing simply because it's been created by
techies for techies, not by people who's job is to hijack each thread
in every forum, just to sell their "shit".
We, Stripes users and devs, have more interesting stuff to do : push
what we think is the best MVC out there, and mof of all, use tools
that make us more productive. We live by selling apps, not paperware
or over-hyped articles.

Last, I feel your comments "unfair" (once again no offense, just
constructive criticism), as I don't think most of the frameworks you
present in your blog entry are accepted as wide scale solutions in the
IT industry (Grails, Wicket etc.).

It's easy to surf the hype wave. RIA and other Ajax stuff have all
eyes on them at the moment, so I guess blogging about them make many
hits... What's more complex is to try to go the opposite way, defend
principles you think are better, and resist the FUD.

So, in the end, wasn't that blog entry a perfect place to talk about Stripes ?

Cheers

Remi

On Nov 14, 2007 6:34 AM, mraible <matt@...> wrote:

>
> I agree that Stripes is an excellent framework. However, I also believe it
> needs better marketing. It's virtually unknown because there aren't that
> many articles, books or blogs posted about it. I've tried to sell it to
> companies on my last two projects and it's often shunned because no one has
> heard of it. Also, there's no "poster child" application that proves it's a
> great framework for a large-scale deployment.
>
> I definitely like it and would prefer to use it when developing an
> application that needs a request-based framework. However, it's been very
> difficult to convince companies that it's a good idea.
>
> More and more, I'm seeing Spring MVC chosen by companies because they are
> already using Spring in the middle-tier or backend. It's unfortunate, but I
> can also understand the justification behind it.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> Gregg Bolinger-7 wrote:
> >
> > I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
> > hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
> > primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).
> > Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:
> >
> > http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for
> >
> > I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.  I'm
> > content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
> > there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
> > developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
> > convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
> > what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
> > side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
> > develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
> > provide. Oh well.
> >
> > Gregg
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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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You guys sound a lot like the Wicket guys a couple of years ago. Back then, they had low mailing list traffic and no books written about it. That's the same situation you are in. Now they have high traffic (one of the highest among Java web frameworks) and several books. In the past, they said both weren't important and now they've changed their tune.

Sure, I could help market Stripes more, but that's not my job since I don't use it everyday. Marketing is best done by users showing solutions and how it's better than other frameworks. I think Stripes is great, but it doesn't strike me as leaps and bounds above Struts 2 or Spring MVC. For those of you who think different, there needs to be articles and blog posts written that explain why it's so much better.

Stripes needs a book written about it if it ever wants to become mainstream. That's simply how the Java world works. Of course, if it doesn't want to become mainstream, then no further marketing needs to be done - and other frameworks will continue to cherry pick its best ideas.

IMHO, the best thing that could happen is what Ted Husted tried to start a couple of years ago: merge Stripes, Spring MVC and Struts 2. They're all so similar it'd make things a lot easier. Maybe in the end the solution looks like Stripes does now, but it'd at least eliminate the confusion.

Matt

VANKEISBELCK Remi-2 wrote:
Hello Matt,

No pun intended, but I don't understand the logic here...
If you really feel Stripes is great, but suffers from
"undermarketing", then why didn't you mention it in your blog ?

Folks like you are probably our best way to market Stripes, being a
well known blogger in the JEE space with established reputation...
Us, poor anonymous coders, don't have such power when it comes to
"spread the word". We can talk about Stripes in technical words, but
we don't have thousands of decision makers listening to us.

Stripes suffers under-marketing simply because it's been created by
techies for techies, not by people who's job is to hijack each thread
in every forum, just to sell their "shit".
We, Stripes users and devs, have more interesting stuff to do : push
what we think is the best MVC out there, and mof of all, use tools
that make us more productive. We live by selling apps, not paperware
or over-hyped articles.

Last, I feel your comments "unfair" (once again no offense, just
constructive criticism), as I don't think most of the frameworks you
present in your blog entry are accepted as wide scale solutions in the
IT industry (Grails, Wicket etc.).

It's easy to surf the hype wave. RIA and other Ajax stuff have all
eyes on them at the moment, so I guess blogging about them make many
hits... What's more complex is to try to go the opposite way, defend
principles you think are better, and resist the FUD.

So, in the end, wasn't that blog entry a perfect place to talk about Stripes ?

Cheers

Remi

On Nov 14, 2007 6:34 AM, mraible <matt@raibledesigns.com> wrote:
>
> I agree that Stripes is an excellent framework. However, I also believe it
> needs better marketing. It's virtually unknown because there aren't that
> many articles, books or blogs posted about it. I've tried to sell it to
> companies on my last two projects and it's often shunned because no one has
> heard of it. Also, there's no "poster child" application that proves it's a
> great framework for a large-scale deployment.
>
> I definitely like it and would prefer to use it when developing an
> application that needs a request-based framework. However, it's been very
> difficult to convince companies that it's a good idea.
>
> More and more, I'm seeing Spring MVC chosen by companies because they are
> already using Spring in the middle-tier or backend. It's unfortunate, but I
> can also understand the justification behind it.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> Gregg Bolinger-7 wrote:
> >
> > I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
> > hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
> > primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).
> > Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:
> >
> > http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for
> >
> > I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.  I'm
> > content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
> > there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
> > developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
> > convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
> > what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a client
> > side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
> > develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
> > provide. Oh well.
> >
> > Gregg
> >
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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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Hi again Matt,

Stripes doesn't play the same category than Wicket, for sure. Wicket
folks tend to be much more complicated... and noisy :-P
(just kidding I like Wicket a lot too).

Yes, we'd need more "advertisement" if we want more people to "get
Striped". Unfortunately, that's how life usually goes : fud has more
power than reason...

That's precisly why I replied your initial email : I didn't really
understand why you would not mention Stripes if you think it's a good
choice for MVC webapps.
It sounded to me like "hey, it's cool but nobody knows about it, so no
need to mention it"... hence my disappointment !! Reading this in
crappy papers for managers is not surprising... but I would have
expected that the great Matt Raible was beyond hype ;-P

I don't think we Stripers want to rule'em all. We've already made our
choice, and despite the criticism (most often based on pure fud), we
like Stripes cause it just makes our jobs more interesting, and more
productive. I don't really care if it gets Apache or becomes JSR-XYZ,
and customers/end-users care even less... Moreover, maybe it's so
reactive because of the "human" size of the project. Of course, it's a
pity when you read comparisons where Stripes isn't even represented,
but we can live with that.
On the other hand, we also need critical mass if we want the project
to survive, but I feel that we've already reached that point. Stripes
is simple, and doesn't try to address all problems. You don't need an
armada of devs to maintain it.

Anyway. We don't beg for any support. Once again it's your blog, you
write whatever you think appropriate in there, and promote the
frameworks of your choice, we're not trying to hijack by any mean. I
personnally read your blog quite often and like it a lot, you make
really good points.
But if you really think Stripes is a good option, and wanna help a
small but amazing, passionate community to become more sustainable,
please just drop a word or two for us in your next post...

Such small, simple things are like a smile : it doesn't cost you
anything, but still you have ROI !

And I really think it would be fair on a "scientific" level, as
Stripes deserves its place amongst the other frameworks you have
pointed out... maybe not in mailing lists stats or google page rank,
but at least technically ;-P

Cheers

Remi

On Nov 14, 2007 2:31 PM, mraible <matt@...> wrote:

>
> You guys sound a lot like the Wicket guys a couple of years ago. Back then,
> they had low mailing list traffic and no books written about it. That's the
> same situation you are in. Now they have high traffic (one of the highest
> among Java web frameworks) and several books. In the past, they said both
> weren't important and now they've changed their tune.
>
> Sure, I could help market Stripes more, but that's not my job since I don't
> use it everyday. Marketing is best done by users showing solutions and how
> it's better than other frameworks. I think Stripes is great, but it doesn't
> strike me as leaps and bounds above Struts 2 or Spring MVC. For those of you
> who think different, there needs to be articles and blog posts written that
> explain why it's so much better.
>
> Stripes needs a book written about it if it ever wants to become mainstream.
> That's simply how the Java world works. Of course, if it doesn't want to
> become mainstream, then no further marketing needs to be done - and other
> frameworks will continue to cherry pick its best ideas.
>
> IMHO, the best thing that could happen is what Ted Husted tried to start a
> couple of years ago: merge Stripes, Spring MVC and Struts 2. They're all so
> similar it'd make things a lot easier. Maybe in the end the solution looks
> like Stripes does now, but it'd at least eliminate the confusion.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> VANKEISBELCK Remi-2 wrote:
> >
> > Hello Matt,
> >
> > No pun intended, but I don't understand the logic here...
> > If you really feel Stripes is great, but suffers from
> > "undermarketing", then why didn't you mention it in your blog ?
> >
> > Folks like you are probably our best way to market Stripes, being a
> > well known blogger in the JEE space with established reputation...
> > Us, poor anonymous coders, don't have such power when it comes to
> > "spread the word". We can talk about Stripes in technical words, but
> > we don't have thousands of decision makers listening to us.
> >
> > Stripes suffers under-marketing simply because it's been created by
> > techies for techies, not by people who's job is to hijack each thread
> > in every forum, just to sell their "shit".
> > We, Stripes users and devs, have more interesting stuff to do : push
> > what we think is the best MVC out there, and mof of all, use tools
> > that make us more productive. We live by selling apps, not paperware
> > or over-hyped articles.
> >
> > Last, I feel your comments "unfair" (once again no offense, just
> > constructive criticism), as I don't think most of the frameworks you
> > present in your blog entry are accepted as wide scale solutions in the
> > IT industry (Grails, Wicket etc.).
> >
> > It's easy to surf the hype wave. RIA and other Ajax stuff have all
> > eyes on them at the moment, so I guess blogging about them make many
> > hits... What's more complex is to try to go the opposite way, defend
> > principles you think are better, and resist the FUD.
> >
> > So, in the end, wasn't that blog entry a perfect place to talk about
> > Stripes ?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Remi
> >
> > On Nov 14, 2007 6:34 AM, mraible <matt@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree that Stripes is an excellent framework. However, I also believe
> >> it
> >> needs better marketing. It's virtually unknown because there aren't that
> >> many articles, books or blogs posted about it. I've tried to sell it to
> >> companies on my last two projects and it's often shunned because no one
> >> has
> >> heard of it. Also, there's no "poster child" application that proves it's
> >> a
> >> great framework for a large-scale deployment.
> >>
> >> I definitely like it and would prefer to use it when developing an
> >> application that needs a request-based framework. However, it's been very
> >> difficult to convince companies that it's a good idea.
> >>
> >> More and more, I'm seeing Spring MVC chosen by companies because they are
> >> already using Spring in the middle-tier or backend. It's unfortunate, but
> >> I
> >> can also understand the justification behind it.
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Gregg Bolinger-7 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
> >> > hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
> >> > primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).
> >> > Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:
> >> >
> >> > http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for
> >> >
> >> > I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.
> >> I'm
> >> > content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
> >> > there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
> >> > developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
> >> > convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
> >> > what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a
> >> client
> >> > side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
> >> > develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
> >> > provide. Oh well.
> >> >
> >> > Gregg
> >> >
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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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 >merge Stripes, Spring MVC and Struts 2.

Well, wouldn't that defeat the purpose and vision of what Stripes is?  
I'll admit that Spring MVC has gotten better in 2.5.  The nasty binding
tags are gone.  But its still just not as simple as Stripes.  Same with
Struts.  There was mention in a comment in that article about how Struts
2 can have no XML config, Clean URL's etc.  When I went and checked this
out you needed to turn on plugins to achieve this.  Granted the current
release of Stripes doesn't have clean URL's but if you look at the 1.5
trunk and its features its all there.  We just need to get it out the
door as at least an RC so we can promote that.

Folks have been complaining for years that web development in java is
too complicated.  Stripes makes it simple yet folks still climb aboard
the monolith giant FUD buzz trains.  I work for a company in KC and have
been working on projects for Adidas and using Stripes.  Several other
smaller projects I've been involved with uses Stripes.  Unfortunately
most are internal apps and so it makes it difficult to promote.  
Everyone I've personally shows Stripes to is now using it when possible
and when it makes sense.

I plan on more blog articles about Stripes.  A long the lines of my
latest one focusing on tutorials and how-to's.  I've been playing around
with a draft on how Stripes is a perfect fit for a primarily AJAX
centric web application mainly because of its simplicity.

Gregg


mraible wrote:

> You guys sound a lot like the Wicket guys a couple of years ago. Back then,
> they had low mailing list traffic and no books written about it. That's the
> same situation you are in. Now they have high traffic (one of the highest
> among Java web frameworks) and several books. In the past, they said both
> weren't important and now they've changed their tune.
>
> Sure, I could help market Stripes more, but that's not my job since I don't
> use it everyday. Marketing is best done by users showing solutions and how
> it's better than other frameworks. I think Stripes is great, but it doesn't
> strike me as leaps and bounds above Struts 2 or Spring MVC. For those of you
> who think different, there needs to be articles and blog posts written that
> explain why it's so much better.
>
> Stripes needs a book written about it if it ever wants to become mainstream.
> That's simply how the Java world works. Of course, if it doesn't want to
> become mainstream, then no further marketing needs to be done - and other
> frameworks will continue to cherry pick its best ideas.
>
> IMHO, the best thing that could happen is what Ted Husted tried to start a
> couple of years ago: merge Stripes, Spring MVC and Struts 2. They're all so
> similar it'd make things a lot easier. Maybe in the end the solution looks
> like Stripes does now, but it'd at least eliminate the confusion.
>
> Matt
>
>
> VANKEISBELCK Remi-2 wrote:
>  
>> Hello Matt,
>>
>> No pun intended, but I don't understand the logic here...
>> If you really feel Stripes is great, but suffers from
>> "undermarketing", then why didn't you mention it in your blog ?
>>
>> Folks like you are probably our best way to market Stripes, being a
>> well known blogger in the JEE space with established reputation...
>> Us, poor anonymous coders, don't have such power when it comes to
>> "spread the word". We can talk about Stripes in technical words, but
>> we don't have thousands of decision makers listening to us.
>>
>> Stripes suffers under-marketing simply because it's been created by
>> techies for techies, not by people who's job is to hijack each thread
>> in every forum, just to sell their "shit".
>> We, Stripes users and devs, have more interesting stuff to do : push
>> what we think is the best MVC out there, and mof of all, use tools
>> that make us more productive. We live by selling apps, not paperware
>> or over-hyped articles.
>>
>> Last, I feel your comments "unfair" (once again no offense, just
>> constructive criticism), as I don't think most of the frameworks you
>> present in your blog entry are accepted as wide scale solutions in the
>> IT industry (Grails, Wicket etc.).
>>
>> It's easy to surf the hype wave. RIA and other Ajax stuff have all
>> eyes on them at the moment, so I guess blogging about them make many
>> hits... What's more complex is to try to go the opposite way, defend
>> principles you think are better, and resist the FUD.
>>
>> So, in the end, wasn't that blog entry a perfect place to talk about
>> Stripes ?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Remi
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2007 6:34 AM, mraible <matt@...> wrote:
>>    
>>> I agree that Stripes is an excellent framework. However, I also believe
>>> it
>>> needs better marketing. It's virtually unknown because there aren't that
>>> many articles, books or blogs posted about it. I've tried to sell it to
>>> companies on my last two projects and it's often shunned because no one
>>> has
>>> heard of it. Also, there's no "poster child" application that proves it's
>>> a
>>> great framework for a large-scale deployment.
>>>
>>> I definitely like it and would prefer to use it when developing an
>>> application that needs a request-based framework. However, it's been very
>>> difficult to convince companies that it's a good idea.
>>>
>>> More and more, I'm seeing Spring MVC chosen by companies because they are
>>> already using Spring in the middle-tier or backend. It's unfortunate, but
>>> I
>>> can also understand the justification behind it.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gregg Bolinger-7 wrote:
>>>      
>>>> I know Stripes is young but its really solid.  However, it doesn't
>>>> hardly get a blip on the "which framework" radar.  I think this is
>>>> primarily because it's not a component framework. (thanks God).
>>>> Example, it was left off Matt Raible's latest blog entry:
>>>>
>>>> http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_web_frameworks_time_for
>>>>
>>>> I thought about leaving a comment but I don't really see the point.
>>>>        
>>> I'm
>>>      
>>>> content to keep using it regardless of mass appeal.  I just hope that
>>>> there are enough folks that feel the same way so that it keeps being
>>>> developed.  What I don't understand is why other developers think that
>>>> convoluted monolithic beasts like Seam and Wicket are supperior?  And
>>>> what's up with GWT being on that list as a Web Framework?  It's a
>>>>        
>>> client
>>>      
>>>> side rendering engine.  Same with Flex and OpenLazslo.  You can't
>>>> develop anything without server side code which neither frameworks
>>>> provide. Oh well.
>>>>
>>>> Gregg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
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Re: Stripes Ignored...Again

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To be fair, I have been including Stripes in my Comparing Web Frameworks talk at conferences for the last year. No one has heard of it, so they often dismiss it because of that. Wicket suffers the same treatment.

If you read the blog post, you'll notice that I wanted to "shake things up" a bit by broadening my horizons from the 3 request-based frameworks (Stripes, Struts 2 and Spring MVC) and 3 component-based frameworks (JSF, Tapestry and Wicket) to include some of the other ones that are getting a lot of buzz.

My hope is in the future that I can have 10 frameworks in my back pocket, and I can ask the audience which ones they want compared. However, I think it'd be difficult to get them to include Stripes if they've never heard of it.

Anyone want to write a book on Stripes? I have connections at Manning, O'Reilly and Apress. The question is - would they be interested in publishing a book on Stripes? Probably not if they don't think it'll sell. Again, there's the popularity problem.

Matt

VANKEISBELCK Remi-2 wrote:
Hi again Matt,

Stripes doesn't play the same category than Wicket, for sure. Wicket
folks tend to be much more complicated... and noisy :-P
(just kidding I like Wicket a lot too).

Yes, we'd need more "advertisement" if we want more people to "get
Striped". Unfortunately, that's how life usually goes : fud has more
power than reason...

That's precisly why I replied your initial email : I didn't really
understand why you would not mention Stripes if you think it's a good
choice for MVC webapps.
It sounded to me like "hey, it's cool but nobody knows about it, so no
need to mention it"... hence my disappointment !! Reading this in
crappy papers for managers is not surprising... but I would have
expected that the great Matt Raible was beyond hype ;-P

I don't think we Stripers want to rule'em all. We've already made our
choice, and despite the criticism (most often based on pure fud), we
like Stripes cause it just makes our jobs more interesting, and more
productive. I don't really care if it gets Apache or becomes JSR-XYZ,
and customers/end-users care even less... Moreover, maybe it's so
reactive because of the "human" size of the project. Of course, it's a
pity when you read comparisons where Stripes isn't even represented,
but we can live with that.
On the other hand, we also need critical mass if we want the project
to survive, but I feel that we've already reached that point. Stripes
is simple, and doesn't try to address all problems. You don't need an
armada of devs to maintain it.

Anyway. We don't beg for any support. Once again it's your blog, you
write whatever you think appropriate in there, and promote the
frameworks of your choice, we're not trying to hijack by any mean. I
personnally read your blog quite often and like it a lot, you make
really good points.
But if you really think Stripes is a good option, and wanna help a
small but amazing, passionate community to become more sustainable,
please just drop a word or two for us in your next post...

Such small, simple things are like a smile : it doesn't cost you
anything, but still you have ROI !

And I really think it would be fair on a "scientific" level, as
Stripes deserves its place amongst the other frameworks you have
pointed out... maybe not in mailing lists stats or google page rank,
but at least technically ;-P

Cheers

Remi

On Nov 14, 2007 2:31 PM, mraible <matt@raibledesigns.com> wrote:
>
> You guys sound a lot like the Wicket guys a couple of years ago. Back then,
> they had low mailing list traffic and no books written about it. That's the
> same situation you are in. Now they have high traffic (one of the highest
> among Java web frameworks) and several books. In the past, they said both
> weren't important and now they've changed their tune.
>
> Sure, I could help market Stripes more, but that's not my job since I don't
> use it everyday. Marketing is best done by users showing solutions and how
> it's better than other frameworks. I think Stripes is great, but it doesn't
> strike me as leaps and bounds above Struts 2 or Spring MVC. For those of you
> who think different, there needs to be articles and blog posts written that
> explain why it's so much better.
>
> Stripes needs a book written about it if it ever wants to become mainstream.
> That's simply how the Java world works. Of course, if it doesn't want to
> become mainstream, then no further marketing needs to be done - and other
> frameworks will continue to cherry pick its best ideas.
>
> IMHO, the best thing that could happen is what Ted Husted tried to start a
> couple of years ago: merge Stripes, Spring MVC and Struts 2. They're all so
> similar it'd make things a lot easier. Maybe in the end the solution looks
> like Stripes does now, but it'd at least eliminate the confusion.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> VANKEISBELCK Remi-2 wrote:
> >
> > Hello Matt,
> >
> > No pun intended, but I don't understand the logic here...
> > If you really feel Stripes is great, but suffers from
> > "undermarketing", then why didn't you mention it in your blog ?
> >
> > Folks like you are probably our best way to market Stripes, being a
> > well known blogger in the JEE space with established reputation...
> > Us, poor anonymous coders, don't have such power when it comes to
> > "spread the word". We can talk about Stripes in technical words, but
> > we don't have thousands of decision makers listening to us.
> >
> > Stripes suffers under-marketing simply because it's been created by
> > techies for techies, not by people who's job is to hijack each thread
> > in every forum, just to sell their "shit".
> > We, Stripes users and devs, have more interesting stuff to do : push
> > what we think is the best MVC out there, and mof of all, use tools
> > that make us more productive. We live by selling apps, not paperware
> > or over-hyped articles.
> >
> > Last, I feel your comments "unfair" (once again no offense, just
> > constructive criticism), as I don't think most of the frameworks you
> > present in your blog entry are accepted as wide scale solutions in the
> > IT industry (Grails, Wicket etc.).
> >
> > It's easy to surf the hype wave. RIA and other Ajax stuff have all
> > eyes on them at the moment, so I guess blogging about them make many
> > hits... What's more complex is to try to go the opposite way, defend
> > principles you think are better, and resist the FUD.
> >
> > So, in the end, wasn't that blog entry a perfect place to talk about
> > Stripes ?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Remi
> >
> > On Nov 14, 2007 6:34 AM, mraible <matt@raibledesigns.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree that Stripes is an excellent framework. However, I also believe
> >> it
> >> needs better marketing. It's virtually unknown because there aren't that
> >> many articles, books or blogs posted about it. I've tried to sell it to
> >> companies on my last two projects and it's often shunned because no o