开始学习在 Java™ 平台上使用诸如 Spring、Hibernate 或 MySQL 之类的开放源码工具时可能非常困难。再加上
Ant 或 Maven,以及与 DWR 一起的小 Ajax,还有
Web 框架 —— 即 JSF,我们必须睁大眼睛盯着
如何配置应用程序。AppFuse 减少了集成开放源码项目的痛苦。它可以把测试变成一等公民,让我们可以从数据库表生成整个 UI,并使用 XFire 来支持 Web 服务。另外,AppFuse 的社区也非常健全,这是不同 Web 框架用户可以一起融洽相处的地方之一。
AppFuse 是一个开放源码的项目和应用程序,它使用了在 Java 平台上构建的开放源码工具来帮助我们快速而高效地开发 Web 应用程序。我最初开发它是为了减少在为客户构建新 Web 应用程序时所花费的那些不必要的时间。从核心上来说,AppFuse 是一个项目骨架,类似于通过向导创建新 Web 项目时 IDE 所创建的东西。当我们使用 AppFuse 创建一个项目时,它会提示我们将使用开放源码框架,然后才创建项目。它使用 Ant 来驱动测试、代码生成、编译和部署。它提供了目录和包结构,以及开发基于 Java 语言的 Web 应用程序所需要的库。
alotta:~/dev/appfuse mraible$ ant new
Buildfile: build.xml
clean:
[echo] Cleaning build and distribution directories
init:
new:
[echo]
[echo] +-------------------------------------------------------------+
[echo] | -- Welcome to the AppFuse New Application Wizard! -- |
[echo] | |
[echo] | To create a new application, please answer the following |
[echo] | questions. |
[echo] +-------------------------------------------------------------+
[input] What would you like to name your application [myapp]?
devworks
[input] What would you like to name your database [mydb]?
devworks
[input] What package name would you like to use [org.appfuse]?
com.ibm
[input] What web framework would you like to use [webwork,tapestry,spring,js
f,struts]?
webwork
[echo] Creating new application named 'devworks'...
[copy] Copying 359 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks
[copy] Copying 181 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/extras
[copy] Copying 1 file to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks
[copy] Copying 1 file to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks
install:
[echo] Copying WebWork JARs to ../../lib
[copy] Copying 6 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/lib
[echo] Adding WebWork entries to ../../lib.properties
[echo] Adding WebWork classpath entries
[echo] Removing Struts-specific JARs
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/lib/struts-1.2.9
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/lib/strutstest-2.1.3
[echo] Deleting struts_form.xdt for XDoclet
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/metadata/templates
[echo] Deleting Struts merge-files in metadata/web
[delete] Deleting 7 files from /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/metadata/web
[echo] Deleting unused Tag Libraries and Utilities
[delete] Deleting 2 files from /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/src/web/org/appfu
se/webapp
[echo] Modifying appgen for WebWork
[copy] Copying 12 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/extras/appgen
[echo] Replacing source and test files
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/src/web/org/appfuse/
webapp/form
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/src/web/org/appfuse/
webapp/action
[copy] Copying 13 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/src
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/test/web/org/appfuse
/webapp/form
[delete] Deleting directory /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/test/web/org/appfuse
/webapp/action
[copy] Copying 5 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/test
[echo] Replacing web files (images, scripts, JSPs, etc.)
[delete] Deleting 1 files from /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/web/scripts
[copy] Copying 34 files to /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/web
[delete] Deleting: /Users/mraible/Work/devworks/web/WEB-INF/validator-rules-c
ustom.xml
[echo] Modifying Eclipse .classpath file
[echo] Refactoring build.xml
[echo] ----------------------------------------------
[echo] NOTE: It's recommended you delete extras/webwork as you shouldn't ne
ed it anymore.
[echo] ----------------------------------------------
[echo] Repackaging info written to rename.log
[echo]
[echo] +-------------------------------------------------------------+
[echo] | -- Application created successfully! -- |
[echo] | |
[echo] | Now you should be able to cd to your application and run: |
[echo] | > ant setup test-all |
[echo] +-------------------------------------------------------------+
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 15 seconds