Web Framework

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Status	DONE
Impact	HIGH
Driver	Yaw Nti-Addae
Approver	Elizabeth Jones
Contributors	Vishnu Govindaraj KevinPalis Gaurav Chandani (Deactivated) Elizabeth Jones Yaw Nti-Addae
Informed	Deb Weigand, Roy Petrie, Joshua Lamos-Sweeney
Due date	29 Mar 2019
Outcome

Background

GOBii needs to identify and implement a web framework to be used for all future UI work. Old UIs will be gradually transitioned to new framework. The purpose of this decision is to unify and standardize GOBii's UIs

Relevant data

Metrics

Rank	Criteria	Weight (1 - 3)	1	3	9
	Multi-browser support	1	Does not support all 3, or external libraries needed to support all 3	Has support for all 3 major browsers, but requires code support for each	Has native support for all 3 major browsers, Chrome, FireFox and MS Edge
	UI testing framework	2	Only code testing (unit testing) supported	Can use external library or tool such as Selenium	Has a testing framework
	Internationalization and localization	1	No support	Supports L10n - Localization is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by translating text and adding locale-specific components	Supports i18n - Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes
3	Security Framework	3	No security framework	Has security framework that supports either OAuth or LDAP, the other can be achieved through code	Has security framework that supports OAuth-2 and LDAP
	Form validation	2	No		Yes. Allows client side validation.
	Template framework	2	No	No, but Templating framework is supported through libraries	Yes
	Latest stable version	2	More than 5 years	Greater than 2 years, but less than 5 years	Less than 2 years
1	License	3	Part open-source, part commercial	-	Subscribe fully to open-source license
	RAD	1	Code editor	Support for popular RADs such as Eclipse, JetBrains	Has RAD
5	Programming language	3	Not in GOBii stack, and don't have expertise in language	Not in GOBii stack, but have expertise in language	Already in GOBii stack
	Architectural pattern	2	1-tier	MVC	3-tier
2	RESTful API support	3	No documentation available	Stackoverflow	Published manuals and tutorials on developing APIs
6	In house experience	3	need external experience or learn	experience within a sister project	Have in house experience
	Compatibility with Deployment Stack	2	incompatible with current stack	compatible with sister deployment stack	compatible with GOBii deployment stack
	Profiling support	1	no support	can use other profiling tools or libraries	comes with inbuilt profiling tools
	Prototype support	1	no known support	Supported by other prototyping tools	Comes with prototyping tools
	Caching framework	1	none	with extensions	has caching framework

4	Visualization/Chart support	3	Need to program visualizations	Can use popular chart libraries such as D3	Come with Charts that are available to use out of the box

Evaluations

Types of frameworks:

Backend Framework -
Component based Framework -
GWT -
Single Page Framework -

Framework / Criteria	Type	Total
ZK framework (Consider only CE)	Component based	174 (158)
GWT	Javascript Frontend compiled with Java backend.	186
JSF	Component based	96
AngularJS	Single Page	180
Angular	Single Page	204
Vue	Single Page	180
React	Single Page	180
Flask	Backend	192
Django	Backend	168
NodeJS	Backend	156
Spring MVC	Backend	192

Evaluations: Round 1

Round 1 evaluation only looks at criteria with weight 3.

Framework / Criteria	Type	License	RESTful API support	Security Framework	Visualization/Chart support	In house experience	TOTAL
ZK framework	Component based	9	9	1	1	9	29 (23)
GWT	Javascript Frontend compiled with Java backend.	9	9	9	3	3	33
JSF	Component based	9	1	1	1	1	15
AngularJS	Single Page	9	9	9	3	1	31
Angular	Single Page	9	9	9	3	9	39
Vue	Single Page	9	9	9	3	1	31
React	Single Page	9	9	9	3	1	31
Flask	Backend	9	9	9	3	9	39
Django	Backend	9	9	9	3	1	31
NodeJs	Backend	9	9	9	3	1	31
Spring MVC	Backend	9	9	9	3	9	39

Round 2 evaluation only looks at criteria with weight 2.

Framework / Criteria	Type	UI testing support	Latest stable version	Form Validation	Template Framework	Architecture	Deployment Stack	Total
ZK framework	Component based	3	9	9	9	3	9	42 (40)
GWT	Javascript Frontend compiled with Java backend.	3	1	9	9	3	9	34
JSF	Component based	3	3	3	3	1	9	24
AngularJS	Single Page	3	9	9	9	3	9	42
Angular	Single Page	3	9	9	9	3	9	42
Vue	Single Page	3	9	9	9	3	9	42
React	Single Page	3	9	9	9	3	9	42
Flask	Backend	3	9	3	9	9	3 (need to check other projects)	36
Django	Backend	3	9	3	9	9	3 (need to check other projects)	36
NodeJs	Backend	3	9	3	3	9	3 (need to check other projects)	30
Spring MVC	Backend	3	9	3	3	9	9	36

Round 3 evaluation only looks at criteria with weight 1.

Framework / Criteria	Type	RAD	Internationalization and Localization	Profiling	Prototype support	Caching	Total
ZK framework	Component based	3	9	3	1	9	3
GWT	Javascript Frontend compiled with Java backend.	9	9	3	1	9	9
JSF	Component based	3	9	3	1	9	3
AngularJS	Single Page	3	9	3	1	9	3
Angular	Single Page	3	9	3	1	9	3
Vue	Single Page	3	9	3	1	9	3
React	Single Page	3	9	3	1	9	3
Flask	Backend	3	9	3	1	9	3
Django	Backend	3	9	3	1	9	3
NodeJs	Backend	3	9	3	1	9	3
Spring MVC	Backend	3	9	3	1	9	3