Simplifying CocoonCocoon GetTogether, Amsterdam

7th October 2005

Why?Why?

Cocoon SUCKS!Cocoon is a fantastic and powerful application framework but it’s flexibility is it’s downfall: it’s simply too difficult to know where to begin and

therefore I will not be using it.

“ ”Three great virtues of programmingare laziness, impatience, and hubris.Larry Wall

Laziness

Impatience

Hubris

Is it right?

Running CocoonRunning Cocoon

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Everything should be madeas simple as possible,but not simpler.

Albert Einstein

./build.shBUILD SUCCESSFULTotal time: 12 minutes 26 seconds

Binary or not?

./cocoon.sh servlet

./cocoon.sh

Easy Install

Building CocoonBuilding Cocoon

Blocks, M2, obsolescence

The GUI phenomenon

ConfigurationConfiguration

Convention over configuration

“ ”Out of intense complexitiesintense simplicities emerge.

Winston Churchill

Developing with Developing with CocoonCocoon

Two types of developer

Ant

Maven Cocoon plugin

What Rails does What Rails does rightright

“ ”Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

Leonardo da Vinci

Write less code

Don’t repeat yourself

Rails meetsCocoon:Raccoon

Template application

Dynamic generation...

Cool videos

Starting a Cocoon app

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Adding “controller”

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Databases

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Dynamic forms

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Any questions?