Re: [Wikitech-l] JavaScript mv* framework for MediaWiki?

2012-08-21 Thread Trevor Parscal
VisualEditor doesn't use a 3rd party framework, mostly because I don't really believe in them - that's another topic though. Here are some thoughts on this topic: - I suggest you create some classes (JavaScript prototypes) in a namespace, such as a global 'WikiData' object (which can be alia

[Wikitech-l] JavaScript mv* framework for MediaWiki?

2012-08-21 Thread Daniel Werner
Hi everyone, some of us at Wikidata[1] are currently thinking about the best approach to improve the connection between our backend (web API) and our JavaScript front-end. What we basically want is to make our data model available in the front-end in a broader span. This will allow us to go for mo