25.11.2011 - black friday

The simplest working prototype is implemented (draws root element as black rectangle).

Next steps:

Create simple components and render them in prototype

Implement simple "add components" action in prototype

11.11.11 = XI.XI.XI (хи-хи-хи)

The simplest html view implemented. It supports add and delete component events

Next steps: create working prototype for html view

Today, 11/11/11, we discussed UI for UXUS as well as features we would like to implement

04-11-2011

Create/Delete event handling added

Next Steps: create View

28.10.2011

Smart bus mechanism is implemented and integrated into DOM. Decided to use event driven interface for DOM.

Tests are added and updated.

Next steps: develop DOM eventing protocol. Currently there are 2 event points: DOM starts from "init" and should has components tree on "ready".

21.10.2011 Project skeleton

Created project structure (with tests)

14.10.2011 - architecture discussed

Elements of the system

View - responsible for showing data in some format (it could be HTML view, canvas or anything else)

Component - element, that could be presented in view. It contains properties (width, height, layout, color, etc.) and methods (show, hide, select, etc.). DropDown, TextBox or button could be a component. Predefined components are stored in the DB on the server. They could be extended with custom components

DOM - graph of components

Server - will store all data such as Components, saved projects (with DOMs)

Collaborate proxy - provide communication between DOM and Server

Relations

View has reference to its DOM. And View knows how to draw DOM (each component and relation) and how to handle its events (when components' methods are called)

DOM communicates with the Server via Collaborate proxy

Scenarios

1. User creates project, some other users are viewing this project at the real time. User drag components to view.

View will send this changes to the DOM. DOM will send it to the Collaborate proxy, Proxy will send it to the Server.

When data successfully stored on the Server, Server sends command to the Collaborate proxy with changes, and Collaborate proxy will publish event with changes for all subscribers (Views of users that viewing this project).

Modes of the DOM

1. Edit

2. View

3. Record

User will be able to record what should be done on some action. For example he changes drop down value and then record actions - open some panel and change color of drop down text. So, in the prototype on drop down change panel will be opened and color of drop down text will be changed.

And in the end the most beautiful diagram that could be imagined