16 Oct
2009
16 Oct
'09
3:46 p.m.
On 10/16/2009 11:12 AM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi Anca,
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Anca Luca<ancapaula.luca(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote:
Styling was never an issue with GWT code. Editing the source javascript
is, and it's not possible to do it.
What's doable is to have a mix of GWT and plain javascript, like a core
functionality and API in GWT, which is used by a JSX to provide the UI.
But this only increases the complexity, and doesn't add the advantages
of both frameworks, on the contrary, it only sums their disadvantages.
Still, why do you think that GWT is more cross-browser than Prototype?
IIRC, there were lots of problems with GWT code, too, and the main
problem with both JS and GWT code is not the code itself, but the very
general rules in the core skin, which have many side effects hard to
overcome. Am I right?
So, personally I prefer the Prototype way, but Anca's vote counts more,
since she'll have to write the code.
By the way, +1 for the general goals, Anca.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
On 10/16/2009 10:44 AM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
The only problem with GWT is that the javascript is not editable right
away: it
goes through compilation (so the source itself is not the "executable"
anymore,
as in standard interpreted languages which js is) whereas a jsx, for
example, is
editable from the wiki. Again, an admin / programmer in a wiki could go in
and
tweak some js without access to the server fs, or a GWT compiler, or
downloading
sources, or etc.
However, the main advantage of GWT is its cross-browser-ness, the precious
selection API we have and easy development in the more "stable" Java.
Is there a way to have GWT retrieve values for some CSS properties from
XObjects?
For instance, is the GWT-based UI could retrieve its CSS color codes from a
ColorTheme object it would allow you to code in GWT while still giving the
wiki admin some control over the annotations' look.
Is that doable? Hi Anca,
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Anca Luca<ancapaula.luca(a)xwiki.com>
wrote:
> Hi Guillaume,
>
> Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
>> Hi Anca,
>> Do you plan on using GWT to achieve this? If not, what's the best way
to
>> code it in a cross-browser, maintainable
way? Using one of the JS
library
>
already embedded in XWiki such as Prototype I guess?
I don't have a plan.
Good luck.