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UI FrameworkLanguages / TechnologiesWidely Adopted?Ease of CustomizationResponsive web design supportHTML5 supportREST-friendlyFaceted/Filtered Search/Browse friendlyRapid Development friendlyThird-party plugin ecosystemNotes
Existing DSpace XMLUIJava, Apache Cocoon, XSLTNoNot really (except maybe at Bootstrap level with Mirage2)

Mirage 2 theme = Yes

Other themes = No

NoNoYesNoNo 
 

Personal opinions on DSpace XMLUI:

  • Tim Donohue: My personal opinion is that XMLUI should not be the choice going forward as it is based on an outdated, nearly obsolete framework (Apache Cocoon). In my opinion, it would require abandoning Apache Cocoon to be in consideration.
Existing DSpace JSPUIJava, JSPsNoNot really (again, except maybe at Bootstrap level with Mirage2)YesA few areas (e.g .HTML5 upload), but not overallNoYesNoNo 
 

Personal opinions on DSpace JSPUI:

  • Tim Donohue : My personal opinion is that JSPUI should not be the choice going forward, as its codebase is extremely dated and not easy to work with (despite the recent UI redesign). In my opinion, it would require a major overhaul to be in consideration.
Play! FrameworkJava, ScalaYes, some major sites use it according to Wikipedia Yes, can be used with Bootstrap   YesYes, has a modules repository 
 

Personal opinions on Play Framework:

Spring Boot 
 Personal opinions on Spring Boot
Ruby on RailsRubyYes Yes, has a Rails Bootstrap app, plus many gems   YesYes, in form of Rails plugins & Ruby gems 
 

Personal opinions on Ruby on Rails:

Hydra FrameworkRuby on Rails, Fedora, Blacklight

Not worldwide, but has a growing following in libraries, etc.

The base technology, Ruby on Rails is widely adopted

 Yes (well, Sufia uses Bootstrap) Yes (uses REST to communicate with Fedora)Yes (Blacklight)YesYes, because it's Ruby on Rails, you often can use Rails plugins and/or Ruby gems

Hydra doesn't currently "work" with DSpace.

It would likely be a major endeavor to either migrate DSpace into a "Hydra Head" web application or "port" Hydra as a UI on top of DSpace's underlying architecture.

However, if we decided on the former (create a DSpace-like Hydra Head), there are members of the Hydra Community who are currently striving to do that same thing.

 

Personal opinions on Hydra:

GrailsGroovy (based on Java)Yes, large number of sites using Grails listed on website Yes, has several Bootstrap plugins   YesYes, has a plugins repository 
 

Personal opinions on Grails:

JQuery UIJavascriptYes Yes, e.g. there is a JQuery UI theme for Bootstrap Yes  Yes, has a plugin repository 
 

Personal opinions on JQuery UI:

Backbone.js

(Javascript with RESTful JSON interface & Model-View-Presenter)

JavascriptYes, large number of major sites listed on Wikipedia & their homepage Yes, or at least you can use it in conjunction with Bootstrap. Yes YesYes, has plugins and extensionsDesigned for developing "single page web applications". It could prove difficult to use with DSpace because of the complexity of a repository system.
 

Personal opinions on Backbone.js:

Ember.js

(Client-side Javascript web application using MVC)

JavascriptYes, see their list of users on website Yes, can use in conjunction with Bootstrap, e.g. https://indexiatech.github.io/ember-components/#/overview Yes YesYes, there's an "addon" repositoryUses Grunt, Bower, NPM (all of which are also in use by Mirage 2 theme)
 

Personal opinions on Ember.js:

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