Re: [CONF] Apache Tapestry > How to Upgrade

[Bob Harner <bo...@gmail.com>]

If anybody has any further guidance for users in how to upgrade a
Tapestry app, please speak up!

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:49 PM,  <co...@apache.org> wrote:
> How to Upgrade
>
> Page added by Bob Harner
>
>
> Upgrading from one Tapestry version to the next is usually quite easy.
> Backward compatibility is a very high priority for the Tapestry team. Even
> so, sometimes a checklist comes in handy to be sure you consider all of the
> implications of an upgrade.
>
> Before You Upgrade
>
> Check 3rd Part Compatibility: Find out whether your 3rd party modules are
> compatible with the new version of Tapestry. Although the Tapestry
> developers try very hard to maintain backward compatibility across versions,
> sometimes older versions of 3rd party modules (particularly those that use
> internal APIs) don't work with a newly-released version of Tapestry, and in
> that case you may have to wait until that 3rd party module is updated by its
> developers.
> Find and replace all calls to deprecated APIs. Those are the places most
> likely to be broken after the upgrade. Most IDEs make it easy to find all
> deprecated items. In Eclipse, for example, the "Problems" view will show
> warnings for the use of deprecated APIs if you set it to show "All
> Errors/Warnings on Project".
> Read the Release Notes: Each Tapestry version has a Release Notes document
> that lists all of the changes, including some that may cause compatibility
> issues with your current code. You will save yourself a lot of frustration
> if you carefully read this material before proceeding.
>
> Upgrading
>
> Update your POM: If you're using Maven, update the version of the Tapestry
> dependencies in your pom.xml file. Remember to keep all of the
> Tapestry-supplied modules in sync. For example, don't forget to update the
> version of Tapestry-hibernate, Tapestry-spring, Tapestry-upload, etc.
> Remove Old Tapestry JARS: If you're not using Maven dependency management
> (e.g. if you have the Tapestry JARS in your lib directory), be sure you
> remove older versions of Tapestry JARS (including JARs for any
> Tapestry-supplied modules).
>
> After You Upgrade
>
> Remove Cached JavaScript: Tapestry's internal JavaScript may change between
> releases, and your web browser may have cached the older version. If you
> have set a specific APPLICATION_VERSION in your application's module class
> (usually AppModule.java), you should increment it to ensure that the URLs to
> the JavaScript files will have a new version number in their paths. Doing so
> will cause the browser to download the latest versions from your server.
> Alternatively, you can just clear your browser's cache (and have all your
> developers and testers do the same). This issue is usually not a problem on
> production servers, since you will likely increment the application version
> with each new production release.
>
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Re: [CONF] Apache Tapestry > How to Upgrade

[Massimo Lusetti <ml...@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:03 AM, Bob Harner <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If anybody has any further guidance for users in how to upgrade a
> Tapestry app, please speak up!

Thank you very much! Your effort is very valuable.

Cheers
-- 
Massimo
http://meridio.blogspot.com

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