Re: Stabilizing flow in order to release

[Sylvain Wallez]

Christopher Oliver wrote:

Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:

Sylvain Wallez wrote:

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Being able to structure flow (or JS ?) features in blocks is IMO the 
key for having a stable foundation without discouraging creativity.


True. I'm all ears on how this can be achieved. Chris? any idea?


Not sure. This is one of the weaknesses of JavaScript. It doesn't have 
any structuring mechanism for creating libraries or reusable modules 
(which was one of the things JavaScript 2.0 was supposed to fix). I 
think Cocoon will have to invent its own mechanisms to describe and 
manage script libraries.


We could use something like XSP logicsheets, i.e. have the JS libraries 
be declared in cocoon.xconf. This would allow each user to tailor the 
available non-core features of its flow engine, and also to 
automatically build it from a set of blocks and xconf snippets.

Sylvain

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