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  • SammyB
    Recognized Expert Contributor
    • Mar 2007
    • 807

    Web Programming

    I working on a final project that allows instructors to login via the web and signup for courses that they want to teach. The only web programming that we have done is Applets, which seem too primitive, and Servlets, which are horrific. Is there another option that I could learn overnight? I'm definitely NOT developing a Servlet, and I am slightly flummouxed as how to implement multiple forms with an Applet. I developing with Eclipse. Are there any easy options? TIA --Sam
  • JosAH
    Recognized Expert MVP
    • Mar 2007
    • 11453

    #2
    Originally posted by SammyB
    I working on a final project that allows instructors to login via the web and signup for courses that they want to teach. The only web programming that we have done is Applets, which seem too primitive, and Servlets, which are horrific. Is there another option that I could learn overnight? I'm definitely NOT developing a Servlet, and I am slightly flummouxed as how to implement multiple forms with an Applet. I developing with Eclipse. Are there any easy options? TIA --Sam
    No, web programming is supposed to be a mess that drains your brains with
    one-size-fits-all framework wannabes that are hardly documented and don't do
    what you want them to do. Consider it a torture dungeon. Servlets are not that
    bad if you make them simple dispatching Servlets; they dispatch to ordinary
    POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) that deliver the business logic results to simple
    view generating (html) JSPs. Stay far away from all those silly tags because
    they'll eat your brain before you know it. There's no change you'll manage to
    get acquainted with them overnight. The bad documentation effectively takes
    care of that. Poor soul ...

    kind regards,

    Jos

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    • SammyB
      Recognized Expert Contributor
      • Mar 2007
      • 807

      #3
      > Servlets are not that bad ...
      NO, I am NOT doing servelets (foot stomping noises). They made me feel like I was caught in a time warp and back looking at core dumps. Actually a core dump would have been more helpful than the gobbly-gook that Tomcat gave me.

      What about using the Google Web Toolkit?

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