[Krang-devel] Re: gratuitous JS changes

[Michael P. <mp...@pl...>]

Michael Peters wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> In preparing for my ApacheCon/YAPC talk this year
> (http://www.eu.apachecon.com/konferenzen/psecom,id,488,track,2,nodeid,,_language,uk.html#session-th13)
> I'm working to add some AJAXy features to krang. I'm going my work in an addon
> so no-one will be negatively impacted, and I should have something to share with
> everyone soon.

Ok, here's a preliminary version that doesn't have everything and may still act
funny in some places, but here it is.

http://plusthree.com/~mpeters/komet-0.01.tar.gz

It needs to be run against the current CVS head to get my latest changes there.

It has the following features:

+ ajaxable forms (all POST without file inputs)
+ auto-complete fields for media, template and story search
+ help windows are Ajax driven divs that "popup". This is much speedier than
  having the browser open a new window, etc. And paves the way for some neat
  effects for it.

As a sidenote, Krang's new addon system with Behaviours.js and CGI::Application
callbacks made it very easy to not have to override many templates (just 4) or
modules (just 5, and those all inherit)

Give it a whirl.
-- 
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP