Beans and/or Plugins

Classic Servoy
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Hi all,
Whats the difference between JavaBeans and Plugins, in other words:

  1. Whats the difference in developing them (time and effort),
  2. Is there a difference in quality and/or stability when deployed in Servoy,
  3. Wich one is more practical when deployed in Servoy,
  4. …

It would be very nice if we could have an article on these issues in Servoymagazine (hint), because I (and hope others too) always want to know a little bit more how things work when deploying them in a solution.

Thanks…

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There is an article planned that will cover this topics.

In short:

  1. JavaBeans are usefull because there are already thousands available, plugins have to specifically written or adopted for Servoy.
  2. JavaBeans are in general meant for GUI interaction on forms
  3. Plugins have more control over specific Servoy functions
  4. Plugins can also run on Servoy server to perform server specific operations (like the Servoy Mail plugin)
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jaleman:
4. Plugins can also run on Servoy server to perform server specific operations (like the Servoy Mail plugin)

Kinda late response but after gathering some more information about Java and Javabeans on the Internet shouldn’t beans be on the server as well for specific GUI or form interaction?

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In both cases you install them only on the server. Beans will execute on the client (they will be downloaded automatically if a client needs them). Plugins can execute both on server and/or client depending on how they are designed.

5

OK, thanks…

jaleman:
Plugins can execute both on server and/or client depending on how they are designed.

Can you give me an example where plugins should be installed on a client, because installing them on a server would in any case mean no hassle in deploying a solution wich is I think one of the many features of Servoy :)

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Bert:
OK, thanks…

jaleman:
Plugins can execute both on server and/or client depending on how they are designed.

Can you give me an example where plugins should be installed on a client, because installing them on a server would in any case mean no hassle in deploying a solution wich is I think one of the many features of Servoy :)

Plugins are never installed on a client but only on the server. If a solutions uses them client side for functionality they will be retrieved automatically from the server.