Struts vs Pageflow

Question

Hi all.
I will be working on a project with a tight deadline. The push is to use
the "bells and whistles" of Workshop to speed development. One of the
components discussed was to use Workshop's Pageflow component. I am an
experienced Java developer and I tend to not like to incorporate a lot of
"widgets" from IDE's as it tends to tie your application to that IDE and
sometimes those widgets tend to constrain you. I understand that the
Pageflow component is essentially built on top of the Struts framework which
I have used on a different WebLogic project. Are there any pitfalls in
using WebLogic's Pageflow component as opposed to just using Struts
directly?
Another topic of using JCS has also come up for accessing JavaBeans. Again,
I have not made use of these Weblogic components in the past. How much of a
time savings are these components if you are experienced enough to achieve
the same results without relying on these widgets?
Thank You.
Michelle

Answer 1

On WebLogic Portal 8.1 platform, for all but the simplest web application development, Workshop is fastest way to develop. I use a combination of Workshop, Eclipse, and intelliJ. For creating page flows, web services, and workshop controls --- Workshop is fastest, by far.