- Click Framework
Infobox_Software
name = Click Framework
caption =
developer = [http://click.sourceforge.net Click team]
latest_release_version = 1.5 Release Candidate 2
latest_release_date = release_date|2008|09|29
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system =Cross-platform
programming_language = Java
genre =Web_application_framework
license =Apache License 2.0
website = http://click.sourceforge.net/Click is a modern page and component oriented
web application framework for the Java language and is built on top of theJava Servlet API.It is a free and
open-source project distributed under the Apache license and runs on anyJDK >= 1.4.Overview
The main design goals are simplicity, ease of use, performance and scalability. To achieve these goals Click leverages an intuitive page and component oriented design.
Pages and components provide good encapsulation of web concepts and enables rapid application development.
Click takes a pragmatic approach and expose few abstractions to learn and understand. The
Java Servlet API is fully exposed to the developer which eases the upgrade path from an action based framework to a component based one.Pages and components are developed in Java while templates can be written in Velocity,
FreeMarker or JSP. Components know how to draw themselves alleviating developers from maintaining redundant markup.A major difference between Click and other component oriented web frameworks is that Click is stateless by design, although stateful pages are supported.
Competing frameworks
There are a number of other component oriented frameworks available for Java such as JSF, Tapestry and
Apache Wicket .Some developers prefer the more traditional action-based web frameworks including
Apache Struts , Spring MVC, and Stripes.ee also
* [http://www.avoka.com/click-examples/ Live Examples]
*Comparison of web application frameworks Documentation
* [http://click.sourceforge.net/docs/introduction.html Introduction]
Blogs
* [http://click-framework.blogspot.com/ Official Click blog]
* [http://sabob.blogspot.com/ Bob Schellink]
* [http://takezoe.blogspot.com/ Naoki Takezoe]Related projects
* [http://click.sourceforge.net/docs/click-ide.html ClickIDE - an Eclipse based IDE]
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