Re: DayTrader with an AJAX based Web interface

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:06:01 -0700

Actually, I think it is in a fairly decent shape to start layering onto DayTrader... I have been working with a "custom" copy of the DayTrader code base and simply add the dojo interface along with the proxy in a separate ear (which I provided a link to in my previous email). Let me perform a base build of the DayTrader ear and make sure it works with that and get back to you...

Chris

On 10/12/06, Matt Hogstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Chris,

Thanks for the update.

I tried it with Safari (on Mac) and its a little confused :(  I'm sure it should be fairly simple to get fixed for that environment too.

I like what your doing and was wondering when you thought you might have a patch to start layering this into DayTrader?  Remember, it doesn't have to be totally complete and there are others in the community that would love to help out.

Cheers.

On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Christopher Blythe wrote:

All...

I have posted a new revision of the Dojo UI for Daytrader at the following site...

http://packattack.dyndns.org:8080/dojo_trader/daytrader.html

Seems to be working without any major issues now on Firefox and IE; however, it does require the Flash plugin (may do some additional work to remove this dependency if possible). Here are some additional notes...

- Upgraded to a 9/28 custom build of dojo to include newer widgets and hopefully reduce initial download time
- Added refresh intervals for the current quote prices to the portfolio and buy quote panes
- Quote prices updates and Market Summary updates are highlighted
- Revised portfolio pane to handle incremental updates (versus a full table redraw on each buy/sell)
- Packaged simple JSON to JAX-RPC proxy in ear with dojo impl

Feel free to play around and let me know if you encounter any breaks or problems... I would also like to know if anyone has any suggestions for further improvements to the interface.

Just for reference, you can access most of the _javascript_ source directly inside the war via a browser...

http://packattack.dyndns.org:8080/dojo_trader/

I have also placed the complete ear at the following location...

http://packattack.dyndns.org:8080/dojo_trader/temp_storage/daytrader-dojo-ear.ear

Thanks...

Chris

On 8/10/06, J. Stan Cox < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It seems to have some issues even in Firefox. It is working for me about 1/2 the time.
So, there's definitely some bugs to fix in this first pass, but when it works it looks really good.

This (Web 2.0) is going to drastically change the server side load characteristics. I'm looking forward to digging into this more deeply.

Stan.


Jason Dillon wrote:
This is definitely not happy in Safari :-( ... and when run from Camino it popped up a little dialog saying that the script was unresponsive, but telling it to continue eventually did display the UI.

--jason



On Aug 9, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Christopher Blythe wrote:

All,

Here's a first pass at a new Web 2.0, AJAX-based, Web interface for DayTrader! Take a look at and let me know what you think: 


FYI - I highly suggest using Firefox or Mozzilla to view this. Also, thanks to Matt Hogstrom for his assistance.

This is merely a first pass that provides all of the operational features of DayTrader "classic", but also leverages the various _javascript_ libraries (widget, io, storage, etc.) within the Dojo toolkit to provide a better user experience. Eventually, I would like for this to serve as an addition to DayTrader 2.0 and would like feedback and other contributions on how we can evolve DayTrader to look less like a traditional browser-based, click-and-wait type application and more like a stand-alone app. I am by no means a _javascript_ or CSS expert, so any help, recommendations, etc.  would be gratefully appreciated...  

Thanks...



Matt Hogstrom


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