IWebMvc2 stable release available

A quick post just to mention I've compiled and uploaded a new IWebMvc2 version. Although it includes a Beta version of dojo most things work (minor issues with image preview in IE remain). It packages two new widgets, Panel and Chart (though the later is considered preliminary and it's not enabled in the demo). The Panel widget allows a user to freely move content around the screen, collapse it or drag&drop it to enabled zones.

Apart from those this release includes loads of bug fixes and is nearly final. It's been tested under FF3+, IE 7/8, Chrome and Safari with good results (of course, report any issues you can find).

The demo application is composed of several pages this time (instead of the CRUD widget alone) so the developer can see how widget composition does work. In addition this time I've chosen a full download (instead of Ivy) to achieve a better user experience when just evaluating the framework. It should be much faster this time, with a boot time under a minute (unfortunately HSQLDB still needs to be populated on startup).

My next steps include a deep evaluation of other Java web frameworks including Grails, Ariba Web and Oracle ADF Faces. Obviously each of those have unique characteristics difficult to replicate (and, well, more workforce) but that makes for an interesting goal, doesn't it?

I hope you enjoy it!