[ZPatterns] Re: CMF and ZPatterns ..

Gary Poster Gary Poster" <[email protected]
Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:19:43 -0500


Hi there.  Re CMF and ZPatterns I said, in another thread...

>  Moreover, just reading the link Steve A. gave, it
> seems the modifications Ulrich Eck describes are hacks themselves--perhaps
> not as bad as the theoretical ObjectManager hack but still something that
> would have to be maintained regularly along with CMF upgrades.  I don't
like
> it.

I may have said that too strongly; I'm sorry.  In any case, going straight
to you--am I right that one would have to probably maintain this approach
along with CMF upgrades?  I noticed you said, in a similar thread from which
I took the subject line:

> I work on some kind of CMF-Application Framework, that takes the
> advantages of CMF (Workflow,Skin) further.  An AppLogic
> Tool, that provides an UI-Workflow and a FormsTool (already released).
> With this combination and a small Product (an CMF-Application) you can
> put small units into a CMF-Site (e.g. an Adressbook that uses a Specialist
> and its Dataskins, an UserManager ... ). This way is much more convenient
> and maintainable than putting the whole CMF into a ZPatterns app i think.

Do you mean by this making a specialist into a CMF tool?  If so, I was
pondering this very thing.  I'd love to see what you've put together so far,
if you feel like sharing.

Thanks a lot

Gary