WebObjects fits a definition that also works for Zope: both are object-oriented frameworks combined with middleware to enable web applications. Unlike Zope, WebObjects does not have any persistence mechanism of its own; it depends on an RDMS to store objects. Oracle, Sybase and Informix are supported over Solaris or HP-UX; these plus ODBC also work on NT; no other server platforms are currently supported. The object-relational mapping mechanism WO uses, however, is very advanced and, in a basic level, easy to use too. Classes are written in Java by a case-like tool and automatically bound to tables. In fact, programmers rarely have any contact with SQL: all necessary queries are generated automatically by the IDE (which runs only on NT and MacOS X). WebObjects has a powerful user-session handling mechanism. That, together with the tighter integration with an RDBMS, makes it a better choice than Zope for heavily transactional sites, I believe. However, WO does not have anything resembling ZODB with its rich features (versioning, acquisition), so it is a much inferior alternative for complex content-oriented sites where Zope excels. These are my first impressions. I´ve been trying WO for a few days now, but one of our Zope customers has been using it heavily for almost a year. I see WO and Zope as complementary technologies, but using them together in a project would be very difficult if not totally impractical. Best regards, Luciano Jason Cunliffe wrote:
Hello
Now that Apple has slashed the price of WebObjects from $50,000 to $700, I am very interested to hear any opinions/experiences of WebObjects.. how does it compare with Z*** , Man***, Rox**, ColdF***** etc http://www.apple.com/webobjects/
-What are the good ideas? -What is similar? -What is different? -How does WebObjects handle integration with various scripting languages: Python, Perl etc -What effect you think Apple's announcement wil have on webapp market and development?
Thanks in advance for any feedback - Jason ________________________________________________________________ Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS.(Interactive Art and Technology).Design Director
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