So I took a peek at Fabrique. I really didn't mean to rhyme this time. Dang, did it again... Anyway... Fabrique is one rockin' application. It took about 10 tries to get the sample application compiled and running, but I got there. They embed Orion as the default App Server, which is a good choice in my opinion. (Orion has always been a favorite of mine and it is good to see others appreciate it as well.)
Fabrique starts you out with a "task driven" environment similar to where Microsoft is going with the Control Panel. "You can do the following things..." and then it list out a couple of different tasks you can do, like open a project or create a new project etc... So I complained about it taking a couple of tries to get the sample to compile and run... It wasn't difficult at all. Click "Run" and choose your application server (I just went with the default), and then you sit back and watch the logs fly by. It finishes compiling all of the EJB's (which may have been the implementation used by the sample app, you may be able to use whichever persistence layer you want... I have to read some more), deploys to Orion and then launches your default browser.
Fabrique is one expansive application. It will probably be a very powerful tool for people that need to build webapps rapidly. One of the cool features... they have their own Calendar control. I mentioned the calendar because it was left out of the JavaServer Faces implementation which really annoyed my friend Scott. He has a point... Microsoft has a web based Calendar control built into Visual Studio .Net, why would you NOT put something similar into JSF?
JetBrains is getting to be a powerful group. Once they get Fabrique, ReSharper and OmniaMea into production, they are going to have three seriously unique and special applications that do not have any real competition. They are taking Microsoft's "embrace and extend" technology to a whole new level. Especially since they are embracing and extending Microsoft tools. OmniaMea extends Outlook and ReSharper extends VisualStudio. JetBrains is definately a company to keep your eye on.
Update: Apparently I was not paying attention in French class. Fabrique is fab-rick-kay not fab-reek. It must be the Texan in me.
I don't think Fabrique rhymes with peek, I thought it was pronounced like fab-rick-kay, but I don't know for sure.
Posted by: Keith Lea at April 27, 2004 10:41 AM
Ahhh... A good reason why one should not write at 2 am. Thanks for setting me straight Keith.
Posted by: Carl Fyffe at April 27, 2004 11:00 AM
Actually the developers pronounce the name as "fab-reek". :-) It would be "fab-rick-kay" if it had an accent over the last "e", which it doesn't.
Posted by: Dmitry Jemerov at April 27, 2004 12:42 PM
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