Re: [Qexo-general] XMLForm & XQuery

[Per Bothner]

ivelin wrote:
> I am curious to hear if the QEXO fans see any value of merging XMLForm with
> XQuery to improve the experience of building interactive web apps?

I'm very interested in the idea, but I'm afraid the xmlform "how-to"
page doesn't really explain the big picture.  I gather one part
of xmlform is a processor that can transform an xml form description
file into html.  That's an easy xslt or xquery transformation.  Another
part of xmlforms appears to be tying the forms to a javabean, and
actions to move from one form to another (plus other actions),
all tied together by a "sitemap".  These parts are less clear to me.
And perhaps this is where Qexo can make things a lot simpler?
For example, Kawa makes it very easy to automatically generate a
simple JavaBean.  (In Scheme you just use the define-class form.)
So we have the option of autogenerating that part.
Also, I'd really like to remove as much of the sitemap complexity
as possible.  I haven't tried to figure it out, but it looks
awfully intimidating.  Step 4 "Writing the Action" also looks
rather intimidating!

Of course I don't have any experience in this area, so I have
very little understanding of best practices, and how best to
separate the various concerns (presentation, model, navigation,
etc).
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