March 13, 2005
Using the right tool
No, it's not about Cocoon even if it is the right tool for all your web applications :-)Remember my pipe problem? The plumber came the day after and said "sorry, this is too much corroded, I can't fix it, the whole iron pipe has to be changed". Digging further I found there was only 1.5 meters of iron pipe in the ground, an it then connected to a non-corrodable plastic pipe. Cool, that's an easy job! No need for an excavator. Let's just replace the corroded section with a plastic pipe!
Now I had to make a hole into the house's foundations for the new pipe. I tried with my good old drill (top of picture) that has always done a good job for many years of DIY, but nope, that was too much for it.
So I went to the local construction tools rental shop, and got something more appropriate (bottom of picture). DIY tools look like toys compared to professional ones! It took me 15 minutes to have a nice hole. Drilling 50 cm of concrete is amazingly easy when you use the right tool!
Posted by Sylvain Wallez at March 13, 2005 11:14 AM
I don't understand? First you tell me that Cocoon is the right tool for all jobs, and now you tell me that it's only for web applications? That could explain why I had such a hard time using Cocoon to hang a painting on the wall ;)
PS: So you're saying that Cocoon wouldn't be the right tool for let's say an adaptor/connector in an EAI architecture?
Posted by: Thomas on March 13, 2005 09:38 PMThomas, have you tried using Cocoon as an mp3 player? Not that it can't do the job, but I guess the PC required to run it wouldn't be the right tool compared to your new iPod Shuffle (even if it has no screen!) when listening to music when doing sports:-P
(other people, see http://ledanois.blogspot.com/2005/03/my-ipod-shuffle.html)
That being said, yes, Cocoon can be (and is actually) used as a connector and even a router in some XML-based EAIs.