Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A new client-side Framework

[Kevin <ke...@ke...>]

Sounds good Raymond. I like the idea of size saving.

I've not done any dynapi in a while.

Any ASP.NET? tutorials to help us unix peeps.

Kevin


Raymond Irving wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> It's been a while since I've worked on the DynAPI core
> or widgets mainly because of other personal endeavors.
> But I since recently started looking back at the core
> and what I've found out that DynAPI keeps getting
> bigger and bigger with the addition of ns4 fixes, and
> other stuff.
> 
> Some time ago I wanted to add some dynamic to a web
> app I was working on when I realized that DynAPI took
> up over 40k just to get me to move a simple layer!
> That was not good for the little web app.
> 
> After searching and looking for an alternative library
> but I gave up and decided that it was time to create
> something new. Something that was as powerful as
> DynAPI and yet very small, fast and easy to use and
> supports modern browsers. NS4 support will limitted.
> 
> The Web Application Framework
> =================================
> It's pretty much a combination of DynAPI and the easy
> and flexibility of ASP.Net. I've liked the way how
> ASP.Net event driven architure worked so I tried to
> make it as simple as I could.
> 
> For example:
> 
> To simply display a message when the page load all you
> have to do is:
> 
> <script src="../core/webelm.js"></script>
> <script>
> 	document.setIncludePath("../core/");
> 	
> 	function document_onload(){
> 		alert("Hi There, I'm fully loaded!");
> 	}
> </script>
> 
> Notice that the document object now becomes the core
> object in this framework. The idea is that this
> framework with try to make use of or simulate as much
> DOM+DynAPI functionality as best as possible. E.g. the
> getElementById() function will be available in ns4,
> ie4+, ns6, etc.
> 
> The beauty about this framework is that it's closely
> tied to inline elements. 
> 
> Example: A blink a inline div element
> 
> <script src="../core/webapi.js" type="text/javascript"
> language="javascript"></script>
> <script>
> 	
> 	document.setIncludePath("../core/");
> 
> 	var dx;
> 
> 	function document_onload(){
> 		dx = new WebElement("dx");
> 		setInterval("blink()",400)
> 	}
> 
> 	function blink(){		
> 		dx.setBgColor("yellow");
> 		dx.setVisible(!dx.getVisible());	
> 	}
> </script>
> ....
> <div id="dx"
> style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden">Web
> Application Framework</div>
> 
> The framework is still work in progress. It's not yet
> as powerful as DynAPI but it can certainly be used to
> add some dyamic effects to a website. The entire
> framework loads in under 20k (uncompressed).
> 
> Would surely like to hear your views comment, etc.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> __
> Raymond Irving
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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