On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Burak Arslan wrote:

> On 06/16/10 10:30, Fritz Zaucker wrote:
>> I'd have to write
>>    qx.Class.import("qx.ui.form.TextField");
>>    var tf = new qx.ui.form.TextField();
>>
>> right? Assuming that qx.ui.form.TextField has all import statements for the
>> classes it uses already. And that would mean that there are many imports
>> duplicated all over the place, as each class would have to be
>> self-containted.
>>
>> I thought that's what computers are for, to automagically do the
>> obvious for me.
>
> I agree that it sounds like a step back, especially when one has to deal
> with circular dependencies. (classes that try to import each other)

I'd rather not manually bother with that.

> But we have some form of import statement with any other programming
> language i'm aware of anyway. So if it will mean to get rid of the
> ./generate.py source step, I say so be it.

I'd hate it ...

>> I think Qooxdoo provides plenty of means for trying for free (e.g.
>> Playground, Demobrowser, and even a automatically generated standalone
>> application).
>
> For small snippets, yes. but these solutions are not appropriate for, say,
> a quick qooxdoo app with a few screens to see qooxdoo's potential to solve
> a real-world problem. I think this is important step for someone who is
> evaluating qooxdoo.

Then there is a need for a "read-world" example in addition to the Hello
World example. I'd agree to that. Although, any real real-world example will
probably require some backend and thus webserver, backend-code, etc.

Cheers,
Fritz

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