Just wanted to refloat this, since I am still interested in getting feedback.
Thanks guys! JP On 09/06/14 16:29, Juan Pedro Bolívar Puente wrote: > Hi! > > I have been long waiting to present the results of my Mixco project > since there are some changes that I would like to still make, but maybe > it is good enough already and those changes could benefit from public > critizism. Here it is: > > http://sinusoid.es/mixco/ > > I believe that the XML file gets in the way of the development of > JavaScript-intensive controllers, since it is verbose and hard to > maintain. So I have built this framework where one can express mappings > in a highly declarative JavaScript which is as simple as XML for simple > use-cases, but scales gradually to more complex specenarios. The script > can be run in a Node.js environment to generate a XML mapping that is > transparently optimized (i.e. uses direct mappings bypassing JS when > possible). > > Also, the framework also promotes writing reusable behaviours, that can > be shared in different controllers. Also, it promotes literative > programming, interleaving the documentation about what the different > buttons do with the code and generating nice-looking docs from it, > encouraging DJs to hack the scripts, and helping in keeping the docs up > to date with changes. Here are a couple of examples of scripts/docs and > the XML generated for them: > > - Korg Nanokontrol 2: > Mixco: http://sinusoid.es/mixco/script/korg_nanokontrol2.html > Generated XML: > https://gitorious.org/mixco/compiled/source/6be10f2098af1b64890bb60d4b9ca72a16fc0aee:korg_nanokontrol2.midi.xml > > - M-Audio Xponent: > Mixco: http://sinusoid.es/mixco/script/maudio_xponent.html > Genrated XML: > https://gitorious.org/mixco/compiled/source/6be10f2098af1b64890bb60d4b9ca72a16fc0aee:maudio_xponent.midi.xml > > When I first mentioned these ideas in this list it was highly critizised > that it is written in CoffeeScript, so while I kept its core in Coffee I > have made sure it is easy to use in vanilla JavaScript, as in this script: > > - Novation Twitch: > Mixco: http://sinusoid.es/mixco/script/novation_twitch.html > > What do you think? > > Should you consider this interesting to be integrated in Mixxx, I would > be happy to book time again for the project and work on any necessary > improvements. Also, there is no Twitch script in Mixxx right now, and > this Xponent script is significatly better than the one currently in > Mixxx (I know this because I was maintaining that one :) so in the worst > case I suggest we distribute the pre-compiled JS and XML with the next > version of Mixxx. > > JP > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > http://www.hpccsystems.com > _______________________________________________ > Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > http://mixxx.org > > > Mixxx-devel mailing list > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today http://mixxx.org Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
