I agree with this. Just for those who want to take a look at the raw JavaScript code for HotCat: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js
It would probably take me a good week just to understand what's going on in that mess. **It has custom JSON and AJAX functions from when HotCat was developed without jQuery support.** You read that write. Not only does it use a normal edit form rather than attempting to do something with the API (because there is no API module for this), but it also has custom jQuery-like functions. This could be vastly simplified with a nice extension. But, as said, if VE already has such a feature, maybe it's not even worth it... *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd really like to see a review process where Gadgets move from Gadget > status to core. To me a Gadget is a great way to explore a new type of > functionality and prove it's worth but it comes with a cost - it's > very difficult to ensure a Gadget doesn't breaking with core changes > or with the installation of some other extension/gadget. I can imagine > this would also be the developer equivalent of a barn star - such a > promotion I'd hope would be very flattering to authors and would > encourage Gadget writing and innovation. Likewise if a gadget is not > being used we should not leave it install on a wiki. > > If people don't want to put their code through review this is scary to > me - surely the standards of any code we put out to users should be of > the highest quality..? We should not be scared of code review and see > it as a positive thing that builds our knowledge up and makes us be > the best we possibly can. If this is seen as a bad thing we really > need to ask ourselves questions about the review process. > > If people are scared of using Gerrit/Git we should create nicer > interfaces into it.. no? > > (Note for those not familiar with what HotCat is: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HotCat) > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Yuvi Panda <yuvipa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's universally liked, is there almost on every wiki, and provides a > > much needed functionality. Why isn't this deployed as an extension, or > > better yet - part of core, than as a gadget? Just a matter of someone > > to do the work? > > > > -- > > Yuvi Panda T > > http://yuvi.in/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > -- > Jon Robson > http://jonrobson.me.uk > @rakugojon > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
