Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Splitting the API?

[Brandon M. <bnd...@ho...>]

ACK! That would make development a nightmare..
Change the original code... run it through the code splitter, run the
test...

I like just changing the code, hit refresh on browser page... much
quicker... one less window.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Hart" <ca...@bi...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 5:51 AM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Splitting the API?


> I posted a suggestion to Dan's message about using a Makefile system for
> building a final version of the code, I thought it would be worth
suggesting
> it to this thread of the discussion.
>
> I think it would be a good idea to have a C style #define in the src
> javascript to allow building final versions for different browsers. I
think
> the advantage of doing this is the cross-browser API remains in one set of
> source, and users people can then build either seperate versions for each
> browser, or build them all into one library. From a development point of
> view, to me it makes more sense to keep all the code in a canonical form,
> rather than split for every major browser/platform that comes into
> existence.
>
> Cam.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dyn...@li...
> > [mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Eytan
> > Heidingsfeld
> > Sent: 05 December 2000 09:24
> > To: dyn...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Splitting the API?
> >
> >
> > Although I am not so sure why thing would run so much better with the
API
> > split I also have 2c. Basically everything that is browser based are the
> > actual low-level components (DynLayer, events....) why don't we
> > split those
> > components in to one for each version. Then when a higher level
> > component (a
> > decendent) is created in the constructor you add the following code
> > if (browser == IE){inherit from IEDynLayer;}
> > if (browser == NS){inherit from NSDynLayer;}
> > ..
> > ..
> > ..
> > You get the picture. Then although it might be a hassle to orginize the
> > low-level comps the higher level one will be relitivly easy.
> >
> > 8an
> >
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