[Zope3-dev] Re: Drop-in rich (JS/CSS-dependent) view components: Please review (was Re: Resource Library Proposal)

[Gary Poster]

On Sep 7, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Max M wrote:

> Gary Poster wrote:
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>> The use case for this tool is to allow rich view components, such  
>> as  form widgets (but there are many other examples), that rely on  
>> JS and  CSS to work in a more componentized, drop-in way.
>>
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> While reasearching Ajax technology, I stumbled across this site:
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> http://www.backbase.com/
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> They have developed a series of custom tags, that works cross  
> browser. I ran their demos in both IE and Firefox.
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> It seems like a good way to go.
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> As it is a combination af xml, css and javaScript, all running in  
> the client, it can be developed independently of Zope, and so be  
> used in many more projects. Both zope 2+3 and other technologies.
>
> It would probably have a better chance of survival then.

I doubt we'll agree as a community on a non-open-source platform.

Even if it were, backbase is not a replacement for resourcelibrary:  
they serve different use cases.  http://openjsan.org/ and http:// 
dojotoolkit.com/ are closer to being competitors.  They still don't  
match exactly, but they are closer.

Gary