Thursday, 18 January 2007
Why NetBeans Visual Web Pack Themes Suck Ass
I have posited that Java developers could not code their way out of a HTML box (model).
NetBean's Visual Web Pack Themes may prove this point. Holy Squelch, Batman, all noise, no signal.
If you decide to use a VWP project, you're stuck with this heavy handed theming architecture, coupled with JSF's engineered hijacking of id, a HTML DOM core attribute, throw your design out the window. VWP will get your way at every turn. Oh, you can put your design into the theming model, but take a look at that learning curve sometime.
The over-bearing theme engine makes VWP only good for prototyping. Until the theme engine is made opt-in, or opt-out, VWP will not be a recommended model for my production projects.
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