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So is the "lots of extra typing and chances for things to get out of
sync structurally" a symptom of the ExtJS approach, rather than model
frameworks in general?
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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Henrik Rützou
Sent: 12 January 2013 12:32
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Single Page Web Web Apps
Kevin,
What I think Aaron means is that in EXT JS we have something called a
Data Store. A Data Store is an object that not only holds the data but
also has a lot of functionality like any other OO javascript object.
When you define a new Data Store you have to configure it with
metadata that describes the JSON object it receives.
In an EXTJS Grid you point the grid to a Data Store but you also have
to define your columns in the grid and in that process point to the
Data Stores description of the JSON object that is within the Data Store Object.
So what you do is (very simplified) …
myDataStore = new ExtDataStore(ServerResource,JSONMetaData);
myGrid = new ExtGrid(JSONGridColumnDescription,myDataStore);
show(myGrid);
You have now coupled the Grid to the Data Store and thereby to the
ServerResource so anything you do in the Grid will automatically be
coupled to the Data Store that then communicates with the server
without you need to do anything.
Let’s try to define the special elements in the above code:
ServerResource = URL to the REST/CRUD service on the server
JSONMetadata = a JSON metadata definition of the data that is
communicated between the server and the Data Store
JSONGridColumnDescription = a JSON metadata definition that describes
the columns in the grid (header, width, type etc.)
Now let’s try to make the above code into generic code:
First we don’t describe the metadata in the Data Store in the
javascript code. In order to do so, we let the server describe the
data it sends. So the server sends a JSON object with a Metadata
section and a Data (row) section.
We also let the server send the URL to the Server Resource in a
configuration object when it launches the initial code:
myDataStore = new ExtDataStore(Config(‘serverResource’,’URLerror’));
function Config(property,pdefault) {
switch (property) {
case
'serverResource' : return '/pextcgi/pxsvpxwa.pgm';
default :
return pdefault;
}
}
We also let the server send a grid column description in an OO
Javacript object that returns the JSON Grid Column description with a
fixed function name, let’s call it “ServerGenGridDesc”
Now we can launch the grid with the following generic code:
myDataStore = new ExtDataStore(Config(‘serverResource’,’URLerror’));
myGrid = new ExtGrid(ServerGenGridDesc(),myDataStore);
show(myGrid);
// generated by server at launch
function Config(property,pdefault) {
switch (property) {
case
'serverResource' : return '/pextcgi/pxsvpxwa.pgm';
default :
return pdefault;
}
}
function ServerGenGridDesc() {
return ([
// work
around error in Crome 16+17+??? with LockingGridView
{
"header":""
,"width":1
,"hidden":false
,"locked":true
,"dataIndex":"*NONE*"
}
,
{header :
"Web User Id."
,locked :
true
,width : 195
,dataIndex :
"WAWUSR"
,align :
"left"
,sortable :
true
}
,
{header :
"Web User Name"
,locked :
true
,width : 325
,dataIndex :
"WAWUNA"
,align :
"left"
,sortable :
true
}
,
{header :
"Language Code"
,width : 84
,dataIndex :
"WALNGC"
,align :
"left"
,sortable :
true
}
,
{header :
"Mail Address"
,width : 500
,dataIndex :
"WAMAIL"
,align :
"left"
,sortable :
true
}
,
{header :
"Web User Class"
,width : 91
,dataIndex :
"WAWUSC"
,align :
"left"
,sortable :
true
}
,
{header :
"Web User No."
,width : 80
,dataIndex :
"WAWUSN"
,align :
"right"
,sortable :
true
,renderer :
function(v)
{return Ext.util.Format.formatNumber(v,{
decimalSeparator : "."
,decimalPrecision : 0
,groupingSeparator : ","
,groupingSize : 3
,currencySymbol : ""
})}
}
]);
}
By doing the above we can now put the javascript code – the controller
in a generic javascript file and just refer to it in the page and we
have also separated the Model (that runs on the server), The View and
the Controller that runs in the Client:
<!-- Ext JS MVC controller
-->
<script
src="/powerEXT/pxStandardGridForm.js"></script>
This is of course not the PUSH technology (which should be the only
reason for switching to websockets) but it is both SOA and extreme MVC
since I have lifted EXT JS from predefined configurable UI components
to predefined configurable Function components.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Kevin Turner <
kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
I must be being stupid, because your point is still completely lostme.
on
I don't know how one would talk about ExtJS (which is a featurecorrected.
rich UI library with model based functionality built in) in the same
context as dedicated MVC-type frameworks with a tiny footprint
(like ember.js, backbone.js and knockout.js).
Either you are using an MVC framework or you aren't - but if you
are, I still don't understand where the "lots of extra typing and
chances for things to get out of sync structurally" comes into play?
That said - the point is moot I guess. It is proving very useful
and efficient for us to use something that allows updates to a model
to be automatically reflected in the UI (and vice versa) without
bloating the JavaScript with bespoke code per function. Not everyone
will see this as a good thing for their own solutions.
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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: 11 January 2013 20:46
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Single Page Web Web Apps
ExtJS. Basically I won't want to have to redefine my columns to any
extent in json stores except for mapping them to a column.
Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Kevin Turner
<kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
I don't think I quite follow you Aaron. Under what circumstanceseasier.
do you have to keep recreating model structures? Perhaps more to
the point, which model framework has caused you to do so?
On 11 Jan 2013, at 19:32, "Aaron Bartell"
<aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The thing I don't like about some of the Javascript "model"model
frameworks is that it isn't reflective in nature and instead I
have to recreate my
structure within Javascript (i.e. lots of extra typing anduse
chances for things to get out of sync structurally).
Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Kevin Turner
<kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
Ajax = XHR = xmlhttprequest
To be honest I would be surprised to see any app these days
that don't
it,
Knockout looks similar to ember by the looks of it.
On 11 Jan 2013, at 17:56, "Vernon Hamberg"
<vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This can be done nicely with Ajax - a former colleague does it
all the time, as I recall.
On 1/11/2013 11:52 AM, Bradley Stone wrote:
Sounds like another case of complicating something to make it
web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]:)
replaces
Brad
www.bvstools.com
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Kevin Turner
<kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
If you mean a web app that only has one initial page, then
just
xhr orthe "viewport" area of the page as the user navigates around
(using
that,websockets) then yes, Renaissance works that way. If you
don't mean
knockoutthen I don't know what you mean (until I read up on
something like
ember (of course).
Renaissance 6.0 makes use of requirejs
(http://requirejs.org/) and
http://emberjs.com/)
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usedOn
Behalf Of Richard Schoen
Sent: 11 January 2013 13:45
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WEB400] Single Page Web Web Apps
Has anyone adopted this style of developing tight web apps ?
Seems like there is a new js framework called knockout that
can be
ormailingfor this.
jQueryMobile supports something similar.
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