Thanks Lada!

> On Jan 2, 2024, at 6:50 AM, Ladislav Lhotka <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kent,
> 
> it's not exactly what you are asking for but FWIW Yangson has a method 
> DataModel.schema_digest [1]
> that returns a “schema digest” - a JS object that contains all information 
> that is necessary for such a client-side web app - data tree structure, 
> types, restrictions and more. I used it successfully for writing a RESTCONF 
> client app in AngularJS.
> 

> [1] 
> https://yangson.labs.nic.cz/datamodel.html#yangson.datamodel.DataModel.schema_digest

I can’t believe I didn’t know the importance of this method before.
  - an opportunity to improve the docs?

You’re right that it isn’t what was asked for, but it may very well be 
sufficient…
  - especially given that you said your AngularJS project was successful.


> I discussed this once with Martin Björklund and I think he mentioned that 
> tail-f used something similar. Perhaps this could be an idea for 
> standardizing - apart from web apps there are other restricted environments 
> not well suited for dealing with all the complexity and modularity of YANG 
> data models. 

I welcome opening a discussion into supporting SPAs on top of RESTCONF.

One issue I foresee is folks thinking server-rendered UI is good enough.
I’d like to counter with three comments:
  1. Server-rendered takes more server-processing
        - it is better to offload to client, right?
  2. RESTCONF is moving into the realm of applications (not network devices)
        - several NMS/Controller systems have RESTCONF-based NBIs
        - such apps want/need SPA UI to meet market-demand
  3. JS tooling to process YANG is nearly non-existent (but see [A] and [B]
        - this sets a high-bar for every application
        - also suggests a market-opportunity...

[A] https://github.com/corenova/yang-js
[B] https://github.com/corenova/yang-swagger


> Happy New Year to everyone,
> 
> Lada

Cheers,
Kent


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