On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Jonas von Malottki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Miguel, > > its a little late but I found a Framework named Draw2d for Javascript > based drawing. > http://draw2d.org/draw2d/ > > The Examples are really nice and show the power and possibilities of the > framework. http://draw2d.org/draw2d/examples_short > > Maybe you can use some parts of that or get some ideas from it. > if you need to see something really nice in JS drawing and if you don't already know it, just try MXGRAPH... It's not free but I find it quite impressive, nice looking, clean and quick... Pascal > > Nice greetings > Jonas > > Miguel Bento wrote: > > First of all, hi again! > > > > I'm developing the collaborative business drawing framework to integrate > on > > XWiki and currently need some feedback. > > > > In order to provide the abillity of drawing SVG/VML/Canvas objects in the > > browser, this framework has many options that i shall explain: > > * > > A) Tatami, the GWT wrapper of the Dojo Toolkit library ( > > http://code.google.com/p/tatami/)*<http://code.google.com/p/tatami/%29*> > > > > This is by far the most used option, and the reasons are somewhat > obvious. > > > > - It wraps up the dojo toolkit code for GWT providing access to the > GFX > > package's functionalities and thus giving us the possibility to draw > objects > > in SVG/VML/Canvas. This is a very important point as it provides > support for > > Safari with canvas objects and IE with VML objects, accomplishing > thus a > > better product. > > - Provides the creation of basic and advanced drawing figures from > > squares to paths with drag and drop, scale, rotate and parameters > > specification. > > - It has the biggest active developer's base, having a lot of activity > on > > their forum (http://groups.google.com/group/tatami) > > - It gives us efficiency and usability by being well developed. > > Personally, this is a key point for me as i've seen a lot of svg > drawing > > boards slow and badly done. > > > > A demo of the tatami can be found here ( > > > http://tatami.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/site/samples/TatamiDemo/index.html) > > but don't mind the slow reaction of the site as it's using aloot of dojo > > objects(Fisheye, etc) and it's runing from the svn. After some coding > with > > it, i realized it can indeed be very fast. > > > > IMHO, this looks like the winner.. we should use this wrapper for the job > > and if necessary develop some new items on it to provide us the required > > functionalities, which will also be needed in any other option. > > > > *B) JSGraphic's library ( > > http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm) > > > > *As it's the case with Dojo Toolkit, this library can be used in GWT by > > including a wrapper on the project. The downsides of this alternative are > > obvious as, for example, it doesn't support's drag and drop or any > > interaction with the objects and is a one man project. > > > > It's allways good to have options heh! > > > > *C) Develop an API fit to the job* > > > > As this option might bring some (? small) benefits in efficiency and > > additional funcionalities, on the other hand, it's slowed by the time > > required to develop the API knowing that there are some fully functional > > good options out there. > > > > Talking about functionalities, Tatami provides every svg object and > property > > that i remind me of and it's efficiency and usability are high, so there > > shouldn't be much more to do in this area. (besides implementating screw > > transformations, which aren't included in the latest realease of Tatami > :) > > > > > > In the next days i'll be building a propotype of a drawing API so please > > give me your opinions. > > > > My vote : +1 Tatami > > > > Best Regards, > > Miguel Bento. > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
