Reasons to support JMatter
Posted by Eitan Suez Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:07:00 GMT
Reasons to license JMatter:
- Fee is per-developer: no royalties; can build as many apps as you like
- Free updates; no upgrade traps
- Excellent documentation
- No support fees; your questions answered in a timely manner on the mailing list, by the framework's author, and by others JMatter-savvy developers
- Comes with all the source code!
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Estimate how much time and effort you might save by using JMatter. Perhaps one man-year? Now do the math: $500 / year for JMatter compared to the cost of one man-year of development (perhaps $100,000), with no promise that you'll have a workable product at the end? That's a 2000:1 ratio.
Reasons to consider donating
- Do you like what you see?
- Do you want to see it thrive?
- Without your contribution, this project may not be able to sustain further development indefinitely
It is an 'ok' framework, still a little buggy - so not sure about using it in a production environment though, also there no formal support structures in place, I am doubtful of a prompt answer from a forum when there are pressing issues with the product.
I'll consider donating.
thank you for considering donating! some discussion points below..
a. look at the comments made by users both on the mailing list and ones i've posted in the 'what people are saying' section of the site.
b. you don't have to guess or doubt about the issue of getting a prompt reply on the mailing list. the data is there. just look at the ratio of threads with a prompt reply to threads without.
of course my opinion is biased but i do not know of another framework like jmatter. it is in my mind far ahead of any other nakedobjects-like framework out there. even with a three-year lead on jmatter the original nakedobjects framework is still working on providing a working persistence mechanism out of the box. the "nakedobjects-like" frameworks aside, i do not know of another framework that gives developers this kind of productivity. i'd be happy to take up this conversation outside this if you like; eitan.suez@gmail.com
Well there's Streamlined, InPowerForms and the overlooked Lotus Notes platform.
i have tried InPowerForms but is not open-sourced. Also, the oracle version works only with oracle dbms unlike jmatter; this means you must also know oracle adf business componets and adf swing frameworks as well as InPowerForms framework it self thus increasing the learning curve. So, in my own opinion jmatter is the best especially when the authorization and the reporting functionalities are fully implemented. The eclipse rcp version of InPowerForms thus surpport any dbms b/cos it uses hibernate. but you still have to know eclipse rcp, another lerning curve. But, with jmatter you have only one frame work to learning. Permit to assert that jmatter is still the best.
i have tried InPowerForms but is not open-sourced. Also, the oracle version works only with oracle dbms unlike jmatter; this means you must also know oracle adf business componets and adf swing frameworks as well as InPowerForms framework it self thus increasing the learning curve. So, in my own opinion jmatter is the best especially when the authorization and the reporting functionalities are fully implemented. The eclipse rcp version of InPowerForms thus surpport any dbms b/cos it uses hibernate. but you still have to know eclipse rcp, another lerning curve. But, with jmatter you have only one frame work to learning. Permit to assert that jmatter is still the best.
I never implied that the above projects were superior or inferior to jmatter, this was in response to the "i do not know of another framework like jmatter" statement - and I am sure there are others out there.
I never implied that the above projects were superior or inferior to jmatter, this was in response to the "i do not know of another framework like jmatter" statement - and I am sure there are others out there.