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would imagine that most Mac users know nothing about WebObjects. It is
the Apple technology that runs the Apple Online Store, and the iTunes Music Store (just to name a couple of high volume
sites that use it) and it turned 10 yesterday. The MacObserver has a great article up that sheds some light on what is
commonly called 'Apple's Best Kept Secret.'To get an instant map to any address, just go to your Address Book and right click on the address field of any one of your contacts and select "Map Of." The address will then be revealed in Google Maps on Safari. You can do the same if a data detector determines there is an address in an e-mail in Mail.
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Derek said 6:18PM on 3-30-2006
I could never figure out how to use that... :(
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Ken R said 9:07PM on 3-30-2006
Ditto #1. I tried it out a few times, for me PHP and MySQL work fine for the web.
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Josh Delsman said 12:00AM on 3-31-2006
I would *never* use WebObjects as a programming language. First off, its not very progressive, and it has horrible accessibility ratings! For example, when I look at the Apple Store (or even an order status page) from my mobile phone, or even a non-CSS enabled browser, I get [image] instead of alt tags!
I'm not saying its horrid, because it isn't. But, if you're looking to please customers, use Ruby on Rails instead! :) That's what we use, and our clients have never been happier!
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Mitch said 10:31AM on 3-31-2006
Disney has used WebObjects for a long, long time now.
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ultrapod said 10:44AM on 3-31-2006
The Enterprise Objects Framework is an amazing object-relational mapping tool that was way ahead of its time - only now are open-source efforts like Hibernate beginning to catch up.
The best thing about WebObjects is that it's cheap, the worst thing about it is that it isn't free. Nobody uses it because if they have money they go buy WebLogic or WebSphere, and if they don't have money they use PHP or Ruby on Rails.
Back in the day it was really cool to be able to have a single product that let you build an MVC-style app server using a single, integrated development environment. Nowadays those platforms are everywhere, but EOF is still a real jewel.
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Spasso said 4:04PM on 3-31-2006
Come on - webojects is 10 years old, and hasn't received a major update in 5 years. I doubt a single notable website has adopted it since then at least. EOF was cool, but all in all more of a footnote than "best kept secret."
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