Hmmmm... [wheels turning, smoke coming out of ears]
I think the idea is too darn cool to not try it.
It seems to me that the first working version of such a application
might not allow for hand-modification of the code at first. The whole
idea of "predefined structures" appeals to me, if only for the fact that
it would make things more predictable. Simply drawing upon a cache of
code templates stored somewhere would be a first step. I'll take
everyone's word that code-parsing is a nightmare.
And as far as writing a "mini web browser/editor in Java"...aren't there
existing components that could be embedded or utilized? I really don't
know, my knowledge of Java is pretty basic right now. But it occurs to
me that there may already be tools to plunder.
I'd be perfectly happy with an app that allowed me to insert widgets and
modify their attributes, select a skin, etc. as a first attempt.
Timelines, custom code and other stuff can come later.
I remember somewhere recently (can't remember who or where) that the
whole problem with DHTML is it's lack of a slick development
environment, and that reduces it to the realm of code-wonks like us,
while Flash takes off (because you really don't need to know how or why
it works). I'm all for such a project.
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scott andrew lepera
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