Re: Swing Application Framework Dead
On 3/4/2012 1:58 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
On 03/04/2012 11:27 AM, Jan Burse wrote:
Well one could opt for heavy frameworks such
as Eclipse etc..
What metrics describe the weight of an application framework?
De facto:
lightweight = our product
heavyweight = competitors product
What it should be:
You have already gotten a couple of suggestions for:
weight = level of functionality = level of complexity
I am not sure that this "absolute" measurement is
what people typical see as semantics.
I think that a "relative" measurement fits better:
weight = level of functionality or complexity provided / level of
functionality or complexity necessary to support
Let me clarify with an example:
I consider a Java library with methods implementing
10000 mathematical function with no dependencies to
be lighter than a Java component exposing only 3 methods that require:
* an EJB container
* a message queue
* an Oracle database (due to some PL/SQL SP bing used)
Arne