Ask HN: What do you think of Portlets?

1 pointsudoprog14y ago3 comments

I've been stuck on doing Java Portlet development for a month, which is my first real run through with this specific piece of tech. And I'm not growing especially fond of it.

The specification seems solid enough, but direly lacking in key areas which seem to be commonly requested in portal development, I usually find myself longing to re-implement the 15 or so Portlets in another web framework - which I'm currently convinced would be both faster and more cost efficient.

I'm wondering what your impressions are about Portlets, and if anyone have some good or bad experience they would like to share about it.

EDIT: The question is related to Java Portlets (or JSR-168/286)

3 comments

HowardRoark14y ago

I used JSR-168 (JBoss Portal) back in 2006/2007 and was my worst programming experience ever.

Web development has only gotten better since 2006, so there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to do the same using any of the modern frameworks.

drivebyacct214y ago

A specific brand/blend of Portlet?

udoprogOP14y ago

Added "Java Portlet" to specify, thanks for the heads up.

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