Whats going on with Tiles 2.0?

[Paul Rempel <pr...@Paypros.com>]

Hi there, I'm new to Tiles and I need a system for a Java based web app
to provide customized, configurable and reusable components for within
JSP pages.  I've used ASP.NET User Controls (.ascx) files in the past
and I want similar functionality for my Java apps.  Tiles seems to be a
good choice, but I have a few questions:
 
1. Are there any comparable alternatives to Tiles?
 
2. Is there a stable release of Tiles 2.0?  This is for a mission
ciritical financial application and I need stability above all other
features.  2.0.4 is listed as beta.  Are 2.0.1 and 2.0.3 considered
stable?  
 
3. Where is a good tutorial on using Tiles 2?  The one on the
http://tiles.apache.org site is missing most of the pages and doesn't
seem to have a complete working example.  I have the test war app
installed that is distribued with Tiles, but I would like a walk through
explaining how things work and the reasoning behind it rather than just
sample code.
 
Thanks, Paul
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Re: Whats going on with Tiles 2.0?

[Antonio Petrelli <an...@gmail.com>]

2007/9/5, Paul Rempel <pr...@paypros.com>:
>
> Hi there, I'm new to Tiles and I need a system for a Java based web app
> to provide customized, configurable and reusable components for within
> JSP pages.  I've used ASP.NET User Controls (.ascx) files in the past
> and I want similar functionality for my Java apps.  Tiles seems to be a
> good choice



Hey Paul, Tiles is, essentially, a templating engine for the Composite View
pattern:
http://tiles.apache.org/tutorial/pattern.html
Probably you want to check JSF for component-oriented web development.


1. Are there any comparable alternatives to Tiles?


Sitemesh, Shale Clay, the old <jsp:include>.

2. Is there a stable release of Tiles 2.0?  This is for a mission
> ciritical financial application and I need stability above all other
> features.  2.0.4 is listed as beta.  Are 2.0.1 and 2.0.3 considered
> stable?



2.0.1 and 2.0.3 are alpha. The 2.0.4 is the latest and most stable release.
We plan to have 2.0.5 released as GA (general availability) but there is a
number of issues to solve:
https://issues.apache.org/struts/secure/BrowseVersion.jspa?id=10160&versionId=21830&showOpenIssuesOnly=true


3. Where is a good tutorial on using Tiles 2?  The one on the
> http://tiles.apache.org site is missing most of the pages and doesn't
> seem to have a complete working example.  I have the test war app
> installed that is distribued with Tiles, but I would like a walk through
> explaining how things work and the reasoning behind it rather than just
> sample code.



Currently the only tutorial for Tiles 2 is this:
http://tiles.apache.org/tutorial/index.html

Ciao
Antonio