SURF + Application based website : Suggestions ?

[deas0815]

Hallo everybody,

I'm working my way through SURF, and I'm wondering what the suggested approach is to embed an application into a SURF based website.

Assume for example you want to code your application in JSF or Grails.

Should one create (webscript-based ?) components delegating to the JSF/Grails application ?
Or should one create custom (grails/JSF) components ?
Or should you back off from JSF/Grails and implement the application in webscripts ?

SURF knows about pages and paths and navigation, and so do JSF and Grails in general. If you have an action directing to another page, I guess
the application has to be aware of SURF as the DispatcherServlet is the main entry point, right ?

Or am I completely on the wrong track an missing something here ?

Any suggestion or rough outline how to do this is highly appreciated.

regards
Andreas

[jpfi]

Hi,
from my point of view using SURF doesn't make sense if you want to use more heavyweight technologies.
In this case I'd go the other way around: Write your application using JSF, Grails or any other web or portal technology/framework.
Then adapt & use Alfresco as Content Repository/Service via RESTful WebScripts, either integrate whole SURF components (presentation webscripts) or simply use data webscript and render the presentation within your framework.

Cheers, Jan

[deas0815]

Hallo Jan,

Hi,
from my point of view using SURF doesn't make sense if you want to use more heavyweight technologies.
In this case I'd go the other way around: Write your application using JSF, Grails or any other web or portal technology/framework.
Then adapt & use Alfresco as Content Repository/Service via RESTful WebScripts, either integrate whole SURF components (presentation webscripts) or simply use data webscript and render the presentation within your framework.

Cheers, Jan

hm … so seems technolgies are note yet integrated like they could/should be, right ?

But that is not so unusual - Portals and CMSs can also cause headaches.

What I had in mind was placing application components on pages in webstudio just as you place applications on pages in a portal.

Depending on the requirements of the project, I think that could be a pretty appealing approach.

regards
Andreas