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Notes-Like Web Applications Using YUI Ext
Somehow last night I managed to steal a few hours away from everying and play with some code. My thing at the moment is Jack Slocum's brilliant YUI Extention and getting it to play with Domino. Using Jack's Layout Manager it's easy to create split-pane Notes-like web applications that are cross browser compatible.
Last night I did this for a pretend help system and created this ticket form. While I was at it I took Jack's Image Chooser component and turned it in to a Name Picker dialog. Open the form and click the "pick a name" button to see it in action. All this is on-the-fly Domino-driven data. At the moment the people are stored in this database, but it could all be taken from a names.nsf.
Using this dialog component it would be trivial (well, kind of) to create a View Picklist equivalent for the web and other such magic. This will have to wait for the new year though. My plan is to help give the guys behind the !!HELP!! project a hand in web enabling it. Hence the pretend ticket form I'm playing with.
For now I am signing off for a short Christmas break, hopefully returning before the new year for a couple of posts and a look back at the year gone by. Here's wishing you a very merry Christmas from myself, Karen, Quinn, Felix and Teddy (the dog).
Comments
Jeff Crossett (Fri 22 Dec 2006 06:37 AM) website / e-mail
You should take a peak at Jack's animation library. I used it to create animated help for users. They click a "Show Me How" link and the cursor moves around entering values, clicking buttons, etc..
Very cool stuff.
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Vitor Pereira (Fri 22 Dec 2006 07:41 AM)
I can't think of anyone more suitable to help web enable !!HELP!!.
It is already an amazing project, adding you and Jack Slocum's extension is brilliant.
Vitor Pereira (Fri 22 Dec 2006 07:42 AM)
oh.. and Merry Christmas to you all!
Mariano (Fri 22 Dec 2006 08:13 AM) e-mail
I'd like to see a picture of Teddy!!!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Jerry Carter (Fri 22 Dec 2006 08:14 AM) website / e-mail
Very slick Jake. Jack's done some really nice work too. Merry Christmas to you and your growing family as well!
Jake Howlett (Fri 22 Dec 2006 08:23 AM)
Mariano. There's one here:
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He's a Welsh Terrier, apparently. Dog to me.
Jono (Fri 22 Dec 2006 08:24 AM)
Great work Jake - looks excellent.
Seasons greetings to the whole family.
Rich Waters (Fri 22 Dec 2006 09:36 AM) website / e-mail
Hey nice example. You should check out the OpenNTF project DomYUI, that I recently became a cook on.
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Its only in its first release currently, but uses a ReadViewEntries call to bind a notes view to a YUI+EXT data grid. We're looking to add in inline editing for the next release.
Rich Waters (Fri 22 Dec 2006 09:37 AM) website / e-mail
Oh and here's a link to see it in action:
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Ed Maloney (Fri 22 Dec 2006 09:57 AM) e-mail
Trivial.... for you! The rest of us depend on your sample databases.
Merry Christmas!
Eliseo (Fri 22 Dec 2006 03:03 PM) e-mail
Merry Christmas Jake and to your family.
My best wishes for the coming year...
Cheers
Bill Phillips (Fri 29 Dec 2006 08:31 AM) e-mail
Happy Holidays Jake and Family.
Great sample, Is it available for download?
Keep up the good work :)
Ulrich Krause (Mon 8 Jan 2007 03:49 AM) website / e-mail
@Jake:
Your help on !!HELP!! is always appreciated ...
Josep (Thu 11 Jan 2007 05:33 AM) e-mail
I love this ticket form! could you show us the way you do it? or share the nsf to learn how to do it.
Congratulations! Great example!!!
Shauna Hogan (Tue 16 Jan 2007 10:38 AM) e-mail
Have you seen this Help desk yui-ext demo?
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cheers,
Shauna
Alexandre Bobb (Thu 18 Jan 2007 04:40 AM) website / e-mail
Hi Jake!
Woaw!!!
Congratulation(s)!
Um...
Yes, I'm a too naive guy, but... who knows, l really can't resist to ask you: Dear Jake, is it possible to have this sample DB? !!!
Greetings from Geneva!
Alex
(um... I hope my english is understandable)
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