What's the reasoning behind developing this as a Node module? Node's great but I'm not sure if it's the best suited tool for this job - is it worth considering using AMD modules with existing script loaders/preprocessors? The JavaScript layer of PhoneGap/Callback is a client-side application, so I'd be in favour of going with the grain of existing client-side module solutions (requirejs, based on dojo modules, being the most prominent one).
(hope to have some time to protoype something based on Gord's work, with AMD instead, in the next couple of weeks, but I'm curious what the other devs' thoughts are) On 17 November 2011 22:47, Dave Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome. Looking forward to working on this! > > -dave > On Nov 17, 2011 1:13 PM, "Gord Tanner" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have put together a quick prototype to iron out some of the design > > choices I think would really help phonegap to get to a point where we > have > > one common javascript layer for all platforms. > > > > Source can be found here: > > https://github.com/gtanner/phonegap > > > > the HACKING file outlines key areas to focus on: > > https://github.com/gtanner/phonegap/blob/master/HACKING > > > > Key points: > > > > - All API definitions in phonegap should be plugins / modules. > > - In additional to being able to require in submodules, the existing > > phonegap APIs should still be injected. > > - There is one javascript project that is common across all platforms. > > -- Should allow for platform specific overrides > > -- Should allow for 3rd party modules to easily be included and used. > > > > > > Currently this has only been tested on Ripple (ripple.tinyhippos.com) > in a > > special prototype branch I wrote to emulate the native layer a little > > closer. If you want to run it instructions can be found in the readme > > file: > > https://github.com/gtanner/phonegap/blob/master/README.md > > > > > > The plan is to further define this architecture and rapidly build out > more > > support next week and get it running on a few of the platforms. > > > > Cheers! > > > > ----- > > Gord Tanner > > Code Poet > > Research In Motion > > >
