Shale vs. Action framework Statistics

[Bernhard Slominski <be...@zooplus.com>]

Hi,

are there any download statistics availabe for Shale + the action framework?

Could give a rough estimated about the popularity of both framworks.

Thanks

Bernhard Slominski


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Re: Shale vs. Action framework Statistics

[Ted Husted <te...@gmail.com>]

On 3/4/06, Bernhard Slominski <be...@zooplus.com> wrote:
> are there any download statistics availabe for Shale + the action framework?
>
> Could give a rough estimated about the popularity of both framworks.

The download statistics for the Apache Struts website are here:

* http://people.apache.org/~vgritsenko/stats/projects/struts

But it doesn't distinguish between Struts Action and Struts Shale.

Another good way to judge the popularity of a product is by the
articles and extensions other people publish about it. For more on
that score visit

* Planet Struts - http://www.PlanetStruts.org/
* Struts Central - http://www.StrutsCentral.net/

According to the OnJava 2005 reader survey, the Struts Action
framework was holding steady at a 60% share (among readers who
responded).

* http://www.planetstruts.org/roller/page/news?entry=struts_still_the_one_says

Of course, the best reason to select a product is because it meets
*your* needs. Every framework out there was created because someone
felt their specific needs were not being addressed. The best advice is
to try a portion of your application (a "spike") in a couple of likely
choices, and then decide for yourself.  Besides Shale and Action,
other likely candiates might be Tapestry, Spring MVC, and Wicket,
along with WebWork (Action2).

If the choice is between Action and Shale, then first decide if you
want to use JSF. For more see,

* http://struts.apache.org/kickstart.html#choice

-- HTH, Ted.
** http://www.husted.com/ted/blog/

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