Henrik (and others),
I'm most likely going to stir up something here, sorry if I'm to naive
in my thinking.
Henrik V�glin wrote:
> Instead I have had the idea that maybe a webapp that
> is a webeditor fit for DynAPI development is in place.
> It's actually what I was planning to do anyway, since
> my development is aimed at an webbased development
> application for creation of eComics. And I'm going to
> use DynAPI as base for both it's userinterface as well
> as the development IDE (with a few custom additions).
> Anyway what would be a better development enviroment
> than the same to develop for? :)
I believe that I started this thread, and mentioned something similar to
using the web as the building interface to DYNAPI. I think that using
the same tack in building DYNAPI itself, CORE, Widgets, Util, etc. would
work well in the development of a basic Web based DYNAPI enabled page
builder, if only to build the basics and then leaving the detailed
design elements to the individual author(s), at least in the beginning.
Another option might be to build a DYNAPI debugger of sorts that is web
enabled, a sort of "DYNAPI enabled Web Page" deconstructor if you will.
This sounds on the surface like it would be an excellent resource for
learning the API and could incorporate the tutorials that are already in
existence. Even something as simple as the INFO option presented from a
right click in Netscape, only DYNAPI enhanced would I believe go a long
ways towards promotion of DYNAPI.
> (especially with the heavy development changes
> of the DynAPI itself), so we better be a few (approx
> at least 6-8 people) with varied experience before we
> even start planning it.
I believe that an experienced DYNAPI developer would need to be coaxed
into participation to launch such an effort like this for it to become
useful and keep up with the development of the API itself. It may even
be too early to start this type of development until a good stable build
is in the can for a known set of CORE files and basic Widgets.
I myself am still getting a handle on DYNAPI, and see this (Web Enabled
Dynamic Page Builder [DynBuilder??]) as just another application that
could be built using DYNAPI.
My original goal with the suggestion for a Web enabled Dynamic page
builder was to get folks thinking about the idea. I also had
reservations about building a similar interface tied to any one
proprietary application (DreamWeaver, etc) as others contributing to
this thread have voiced. With a Web interface, there is an excellent
opportunity to position the DYNAPI as a standard for dynamic development
and promotion, and at the same time, retaining control and direction of
future capabilities, especially alongside development of the API itself.
bobb
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