November 19, 2005
19 November 2005 - Apache Cocoon 2.1.8 Released
Apache Cocoon 2.1.8 Released
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The Apache Cocoon Community is proud to announce the new release
of Apache Cocoon.
Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept
of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job
without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web
RAD.
The latest version is downloadable from
http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi
(Please use the mirrors to download the release - it might take
a little bit more time until the latest release is available on
all mirrors, so give the mirrors some time - approx. 24h to update.)
This release includes many bug fixes and smaller enhancements. Most
notable additions are:
* Many enhancements to the forms block including AJAX support for
partial updates to a form, a new tree widget, some experimental
code for reusable form libraries (coded as a part of the Google
Summer of Code project) and a sample showing how to create forms
using relational databases with zero java code.
* Cocoon Stack Traces: Ever felt overwhelmed when presented with a
huge java stack trace when something goes wrong in Cocoon? Well,
now you will instead see a Cocoon related stack trace, showing you
precisely where the error occurred and in which Cocoon source
files
* Many enhancements to the portal block, including improved caching
mechanisms, support for the Web Services For Remote Portlets
(WSRP) standard, and provided components for database access using
OJB.
* Some small simplifications to the build process (can now exclude
all blocks, then include just the ones you need)
* Substantial reworking of the Cocoon documentation system.
Documentation is now managed using Daisy (cocoondev.org/daisy).
Because of this, the documentation is now not included within the
main Cocoon release, but is available as a separate download as
zipped HTML.
* A new JCR block allowing access to JCR repositories such as
JackRabbit (Java Content Repository specification was designed as
a part of JSR170)
* A new validation block providing the ability to validate XML in a
pipeline chosing from a range of schema languages (DTD, XSD, RNG)
* The ability to use Cocoon pipelines to render JSF pages (using the
JSF controller)
For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.8, please go to
http://cocoon.apache.org. You'll find the whole list of changes at
http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/changes.html.
The Apache Cocoon Project
Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at November 19, 2005 04:57 PMProject Info -- Apache Cocoon
Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concepts of separation of concerns (making sure people can interact and collaborate on a project, without stepping on each other toes) and component-based web development. Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of "component pipelines", each component on the pipeline specializing on a particular operation. This makes it possible to use a "building block" approach for web solutions, hooking together components into pipelines without any required programming.
Releases can be downloaded from http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi
Project Website http://cocoon.apache.org/ Programming Languages Java, XML Categories database, graphics, http, network-client, network-server, web-framework, xml Mailing Lists http://cocoon.apache.org/community/mail-lists.html Bug/Issue Tracker http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COCOON Project Management Committee Apache Cocoon Access to the source code:
Browse http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/cocoon/trunk/ SVN Direct http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cocoon/trunk/
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