Or we put the version in the filename.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Jesse MacFadyen <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting journey, Jeffery. > What if instead of linking from www/index.html to www/cordova.js, we > put the js in the app root above www? > > Or: <script src='../cordova.js' > > Then the www folder would be more portable, would this work everywhere? > I know ios/wp7/wp8/windows8 would all work this way. > > Cheers, > Jesse > > Sent from my iPhone5 > > On 2013-05-01, at 8:42 AM, Jeffrey Heifetz <jheif...@blackberry.com> wrote: > > Tl;dr I'd like to propose a different but similar solution based on the > evolution of WebWorks. That we automatically inject cordova.js into a > specific place in the app (say the root since thats where cordova_plugins > is) and then the developer simply adds a script tag to the correct > location accounting for the build command to place it there for them. This > guarantees they will always have a script compatible with the native > components. > > For those who don't know, at blackberry we worked on a proprietary web > platform roughly equivalent to cordova, that the cordova implementation > was based on. > > When we re-wrote it we initially copied the cordova approach and named our > file webworks-version.js. Then we made the switch exactly like the one > being proposed here and went with webworks.js. > The very next version we had a huge problem where people were forgetting > to update their scripts constantly. > We next tried to solve this by adding code to make sure that the script > tag was compatible with the native code. This worked fine but was still a > large hassle for developers and especially people publishing things like > samples since their script was constantly out of date. > Finally we settled on the solution I'm proposing here, where we injected > the script into approot/chrome/webworks.js and the html referenced it > there. We never had any problems or complaints since. > > On 13-05-01 4:01 AM, "Giorgio Natili" <g.nat...@gnstudio.com> wrote: > >> +1 cordova.js with version as a header comment >> >> >> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Benn Mapes <benn.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> +1 for sure.... >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> +1! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> @purplecabbage >>>>> risingj.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> +1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, James Jong >>> <wjamesj...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 Cleaner. Thanks Andrew! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -James Jong >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 30, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Lorin Beer >>> <lorin.beer....@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>> duplicated information is a good redundancy to remove >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sounds good. FTR we did it for issue tracking not >>> arbitrarily. >>>>> Having >>>>>>>>> a stamp at the top of the file fulfills the same end. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> If I recall correctly the original reason was because >>> putting >>> the >>>>>>> version >>>>>>>>>> in after the lib name in the JS filename was what "other >>>> libraries >>>>>> did" >>>>>>>>>> aka jQuery. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> +1 from me. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 4/30/13 11:24 AM, "tommy-carlos Williams" < >>> to...@devgeeks.org >>>>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Wouldn't this make mobile spec easier too? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 01/05/2013, at 4:20, Andrew Grieve >>> <agri...@chromium.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> This has been brought up a few times, but I'm not sure >>> there's >>>>>> been a >>>>>>>>>>>> decisive answer here yet... >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> iOS now uses "cordova.ios.js" >>>>>>>>>>>> Android uses "cordova.android.js", but renames it in a >>> build >>>> step >>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>>> add in >>>>>>>>>>>> the version number. >>>>>>>>>>>> CLI normalizes to "cordova.js" >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The version number is now stamped at the top of the file >>> in a >>>>> code >>>>>>>>>>>> comment, >>>>>>>>>>>> and I feel that having it in the file name just makes work >>> for >>>> us >>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>>> our >>>>>>>>>>>> users. I'd like to change all repos to just use >>> "cordova.js". >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any objections? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Andrew > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information, privileged material (including material protected by the > solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute > non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other > than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and > delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, > distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended > recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful.
