[Chameleon-dev] code reorg and skinning support

[Zak James]

Paul,

I was really considering it from the point of view of a developer 
unfamiliar with chameleon who is trying to create new widgets. From 
that perspective, I think that having those files loose in the widgets 
directory, alongside directories for individual widgets, is confusing. 
Maybe there is a need for a (gulp!) common directory within the widgets 
directory. Either that, or perhaps more hierarchy for widgets that 
extend other widgets.

zak

On Apr 23, 2004, at 7:38 AM, Paul Spencer wrote:

> Zak,
>
> would you suggest that these files be located directly in htdocs 
> rather than in the widgets directory?  I am tempted to agree since 
> there are already files in the htdocs directory that support the 
> chameleon core. I believe that it was a somewhat arbitrary decision 
> initially to put these files in with the widgets (i.e. it made sense 
> in a flat directory structure, not from an architectural point of 
> view).
>
> The other side of the argument is that the files in the htdocs 
> directory are purely there for the chameleon core engine and 
> everything in the widgets directory is specific or common to widgets.  
> I still like this separation now that I think about it.
>
> Comments and suggestions welcome on this.  It will take me a couple of 
> days to make the other changes so we some time to make a decision on 
> this one.
>
> Paul
>
> Zak James wrote:
>
>> Paul,
>> I think some of these files (and maybe some of the associated js 
>> files) don't belong in /widgets because they contain code used by 
>> most widgets. Maybe they should be in the parent htdocs directory or 
>> some other separate location.
>> zak
>> -- 
>> Zak James
>> Applications and Software Development
>> DM Solutions Group Inc.
>> http://www.dmsolutions.ca
>> On Apr 22, 2004, at 11:26 PM, Paul Spencer wrote:
>>> * figuring out what to do with common code shared between several 
>>> widgets.  I expect to leave these in the widgets directory.  This 
>>> will include:
>>>
>>>  - Widget.php
>>>  - Button.php
>>>  - common.dbf
>>>  - CWC2ButtonCache.php
>>>  - geomath.php
>>>  - Label.php
>>>  - NavTool.php
>>>  - Popup.php
>>>  - session.inc.php
>>>  - utils.php
>
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