We did talk about that. Ultimately it requires developers willing to spend time on it and, as of this date, there aren't any. Over time I think it's more likely that ART will offer the functionality found in Mocha, but the API is quite different.
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Meroe Kush <[email protected]> wrote: > There was some talk last year about MochaUI being part of Mootools more > and it would be based on ART. That's how I read it anyway. I have not > checked out ART in quite some time, but perhaps I'll go take a peek at it. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Newton > *Sent:* Friday, May 28, 2010 5:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Moo] Cloudera is hiring > > > > Later this summer. I don't think that ART Widgets (which are available now) > is really a replacement for Mocha, but it depends on what you're doing with > Mocha... > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Meroe Kush <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aaron, > > > > Looks promising. When will the next version of the desktop app be out? > Right now I'm using MochaUI. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Newton > *Sent:* Friday, May 28, 2010 1:53 PM > *To:* mootools-users > *Subject:* [Moo] Cloudera is hiring > > > > Hi all, > > > > I normally wouldn't spam our community with this kind of thing, but I want > to get the word out. Cloudera is looking for some solid JS talent. We're > doing some seriously awesome stuff with MooTools. We push code, daily, into > open source (and not just to MooTools) and our business is growing > phenomenally. If you're interested, just ping me back with a resume or > questions. > > > > You can get an idea of the kinds of things we're building by checking out > the screencast here: http://cloudera.com/desktop > > > > Note that this screencast is about 6 months old now. The next version of > our Desktop apps is even more compelling. It's all built on MooTools ART ( > http://www.github.com/kamicane/art), ART Widgets ( > http://github.com/anutron/art-widgets/), and other such goodies. You'll be > hacking with the cutting edge of MooTools and pushing your work back into > the community. > > > > Here's our sales pitch for the job: > > > > There's more to UI development than writing a bunch of HTML, CSS, and > JavaScript. You know what we mean; it takes design sensibilities to do it > well. It's the kind of thing you know when you see it - when things work > smoothly and intuitively. Cloudera (recently voted as the #1 startup by VC > Journal - http://cl.ly/fb5cc4338f0d07fc5539 ) is looking for someone with > those kinds of sensibilities to help us build Cloudera Desktop - a virtual > web-OS style application suite for managing large Hadoop data clusters. We > want to make working with a virtual cloud of computers as slick as OSX or > Ubuntu and to do it we're writing some cutting edge JavaScript, but the > people writing it need to have some design sense, too. If you enjoy spending > time in Photoshop and Illustrator as much as you enjoy writing closures and > recursive functions, then you've found the right job. > > Required Skills: > > 3+ years of experience in developing web UI applications. > Solid grasp of cross-browser, object-oriented JavaScript (closures, > inheritance, etc) > Significant experience in developing AJAX-enabled web applications > Experience in coding standards-compliant semantic markup in XHTML/CSS > Knowledge of and a preference for JavaScript frameworks such as MooTools, > jQuery, YUI, Prototype, Dojo, etc. > A passion for writing super optimized and clean code > Some experience designing user experiences; a working knowledge of > Photoshop and Illustrator > > Strong Plus: > > Experience with data and information visualization is a strong plus > Experience building web applications in Django/Python > Experience developing desktop applications UI (e.g. with Adobe Air) > Involvement in an open source project (examples: committing code, writing > plugins, involvement in user forums) preferably one focused on JavaScript > > >
