Where to start?

[Luciano]

Dear Sébastien,

First of all congratulations for the good job.

I would really like to start using the JRebirth framework, but I am a bit lost. I wonder if there is a demo application that shows the most appropriate usage of the different application layers and components of the framwork.

I mean, a typical "data-oriented" application with some CRUD operations (also through simple mockup services), menus, a container pane with switching contents based on fxml views, modal windows, etc.

As far as I understood, all the above features could be well designed and integrated around your framework, but if a sort "pet shop" application were available somewhere, it would help a lot avoiding the risk to misuse the tool adopting a wrong pattern.

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.

Kind regards and thanks in advance,

Luciano

[Sebastien Bordes]

Hi Luciano,

Unfortunately a such sample application doesn't exist yet due to lack of time.
JRebirth Application Framework has been designed to suit any kind of application : Game, Slideshow but also IT Applications with its Data centric Model.

I will try to quickly build one as it's really a good idea to describe JRebirth features.

So you can find inspiration from MasteringTables that uses all kind of JRebirth components.

The main advice I could give you is:
When it becomes too complex or will be reused => Split It !

Command should be added on demand to factorize your code and manage threaded operations.

Each screen of your application should have at least one Model (+View+Controller), but could be composed by several ones if it's too complex.

Create a service each time you need to keep some data between call, Service is perfect to call a remote service into it.

Globally don't forget one important point, each JRebirth Component that is strongly referenced could be the source of a memory leak, but the inverse could be a loss of data.

Let me know if you have any suggestion for the demo application that could help your developments.

A final word, you will have to choose your version, latest 7.7.2 (will be released this WE) or 8.0.0-SNAPSHOT (a little bit instable but with some API changes to be more reactive and rewritten with Java8' style)

Don't hesitate to post all your questions

Seb