Hi everyone, Quick update -- IE6 and IE7 are now supported on the OpenSocial Templates proposal demo (http://ostemplates-demo.appspot.com)!
Shall I send a patch via JIRA? Any objections to this? Thanks. David On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:22 AM, David Mark Byttow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Chris! > > Any chance you (or anyone else) have been able to take a detailed look? I'm > looking into the IE issues, but I'd also love to hear everyone's feedback. > > David > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Chris Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'll have more detailed feedback early next week, but for now i'll stick >> to: That's really impressive work! >> >> -- Chris >> >> On Jul 4, 2008, at 8:56 PM, David Mark Byttow wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> Here is a link to our most recent progress: >>> http://ostemplates-demo.appspot.com. Currently, both Firefox and Safari >>> are >>> supported, not IE. >>> >>> This site contains the following: >>> >>> - Demonstration of templates throughout the site. In fact, the content >>> is >>> served via templating. >>> - Sample OpenSocial reusable tags as mentioned in the OpenSocial >>> Templates spec >>> proposal< >>> http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/web/opensocial-templates >>> > >>> . >>> - Sample "friends list" gadget which can be deployed in any OpenSocial >>> >>> container. >>> - Examples of using "template libraries". >>> - Source code, including a single, minimized JavaScript file for use. >>> >>> In addition to the source, please take a look at the HTML source as well. >>> >>> Currently the source code is broken into 8 files. >>> >>> - *base.js* - Contains public API methods and anything else core and >>> used >>> throughout the library. >>> - *compiler.js* - Parsing/compiling system. Functionality for parsing >>> XML >>> templates down to jstemplate structure and compiling the result. >>> - *container.js* - Provides methods that bootstrap and hide the details >>> of templates through a simpler interface with methods such as >>> "processDocument", which compiles and registers all templates in the >>> current >>> document. >>> - *loader.js* - Implements the "template library" functionality with >>> XHR. >>> - namespaces.js - Implements support for tag namespaces. >>> - *os.js* - Provides the functionality to map properties onto OpenSocial >>> object methods. >>> - *template.js* - Implements the Template class and caching/registration >>> mechanism. >>> - *util.js* - Small utility methods used throughout the code. >>> >>> The readable source does not include jstemplate, the underlying library >>> we >>> used, though the full source code and more information can be found here: >>> http://code.google.com/p/google-jstemplate/. >>> >>> We are hoping to get feedback on the approach, so please respond with >>> your >>> questions and comments. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> David >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:57 PM, David Mark Byttow < >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey guys, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the responses. I'm currently putting together a demo with >>>> source >>>> and will be sending out a link. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM, David Mark Byttow < >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> My colleague, Lev Epshteyn, and I have been following the spec >>>>>> >>>>> discussions >>>>> >>>>>> on the OpenSocial Templates proposal ( >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/web/opensocial-templates >>>>> >>>>>> ). >>>>>> We think it's great how this is coming together and we have discussed >>>>>> >>>>> some >>>>> >>>>>> ideas for implementing the spec on the client-side. In fact, we have >>>>>> >>>>> also >>>>> >>>>>> made some good headway in coding up a prototype around one of them. >>>>>> We'd >>>>>> like to get broader input from shindig-dev and discuss next steps. >>>>>> >>>>>> At the core of our design is an open source technology called >>>>>> JSTemplate >>>>>> >>>>> ( >>>>> >>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/google-jstemplate/). This technology has >>>>>> been >>>>>> used >>>>>> for a few years in various parts of Google Maps, and is pretty mature. >>>>>> >>>>> It >>>>> >>>>>> has been released by Google under the Apache 2.0 license recently. To >>>>>> >>>>> sum >>>>> >>>>>> it >>>>>> up, JSTemplate uses special attributes on the DOM nodes to process >>>>>> instructions. For example: >>>>>> >>>>>> The following HTML: >>>>>> <a jsvalues="href:url" jscontent="anchor"></a> >>>>>> >>>>>> Supplied the following JSON data: >>>>>> { url: "http://foo.com";, anchor: "bar" } >>>>>> >>>>>> Becomes: >>>>>> <a href="http://foo.com";>Bar</a> >>>>>> >>>>>> One primary, but easily overlooked advantage of JSTemplate is that it >>>>>> >>>>> has >>>>> >>>>>> been heavily optimized for performing well in different browser >>>>>> environments >>>>>> and operates purely on the browser's DOM. Its disadvantage is that the >>>>>> library syntax is much less accessible than the spec developed for >>>>>> OpenSocial. >>>>>> >>>>>> Our idea has been to create a "compiler" which will transform >>>>>> templates >>>>>> written in OpenSocial format into DOM trees that can be used by >>>>>> >>>>> JSTemplate. >>>>> >>>>>> This way, once a template is "compiled", it can be rendered any number >>>>>> >>>>> of >>>>> >>>>>> times by the mature rendering core of JSTemplate. >>>>>> >>>>>> A simple example of such compilation would transform: >>>>>> <a href="${url}">${anchor}</a> >>>>>> Into the DOM snippet shown above when supplied with the same JSON >>>>>> data. >>>>>> >>>>>> Our initial prototype has shown this to be a fairly straightforward >>>>>> process, >>>>>> and we look forward to getting your thoughts and proposing some >>>>>> patches >>>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>>> shindig. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes, send us the prototype :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> David Byttow >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >
