Component/Keyword: DevTools/Web IDE/Application Edit Framework

New API for obtaining the "current application"

currentApplication is a global variable in index.html.

• value is an object with {Id, name, path, isRunning, and description) properties when accessed from within the application editor
• value will be null when accessed from the Application Manager

Currently it works like this:

• Manage Apps gets the list of applications with:
  • GET http://localhost:8070/resources/applications which gets back:

    {
       "1": {
          "name": "testxxxx",
          "path": ""
       },
       "111": {
          "copyFrom": "zero:employee.demo",
          "name": "employee.demo",
          "path": ""
       },
       "11": {
          "name": "AppTest2",
          "path": ""
       }
    }

• When an App is edited (double click or edit from dropdown):
  • FreedomMgrDemo.js calls this._controller.open(data.application);
    • Where data.application includes: id, name, path, isRunning, theme, description
  • Next the base-freedom-controller.js in open calls:

this._updateIdeFromApplication();
                this._finishOpen(true);
                this.applicationLoaded(this._application);

* The _finishOpen(true) calls this._ideWidget.open(pOpenDialog) which calls open on FreedomUIDemo.js.

• • • open in FreedomUIDemo.js is where the applicationName etc are setup for the app edit. * The applicationLoaded in the controller is connected to the applicationLoaded in FreedomMgrDemo,
    • The applicationLoaded in FreedomMgrDemo calls this.showEditor()
      • The showEditor in FreedomMgrDemo is connected to the showEditor in index.html
      • The showEditor in index.html calls showManager(false) which does this:

dijit.byId('freedom-mgr-demo').domNode.style.display = pManagerOrEditor ?
                                                          'block' : 'none';
dijit.byId('freedom-ui-demo').domNode.style.display = pManagerOrEditor ?
                                                          'none' : 'block';

• When a bookmark or browser back/forward is used, the flow is different:
  • index.html setsup handleInitParms and calls showManager(false)
    • if handleInitParms is set, showManager will call mController.findAndOpenApp(handleInitParms);
      • findAndOpenApp will call the service to get the application info, and then call

            this.open(app); 
         // need to go to the right page...
            dojo.publish("ShowView", [{source: pub }]);

It seems like this could be much simpler with Publish/Subscribe model.

• • I am using a publish/subscribe model for the browser back/forward.
  • dojo.publish("ShowView", [{source: this }]) is called with this:

{
      "_app": 11,
      "_appname": "appName",
      "_file": "/test/testJ",
      "_uiview": "allFilesView",
      "_view": "AppEditor",
      "changeUrl": "view=AppEditor+app=11+uiview=allFilesView+file=/test/testJ" 
   }

• • I would like to have the applications service add the id to the application json data.

Paths that editors need to know...

• phys app path - path to the app root: C%3A/workdir/employee.demo
• phys file path - path to the file: C%3A/workdir/employee.demo/public/widgets/mywidget.js
• file path - phys file path - phys app path: public/widgets/mywidget.js
• phys checkpoint path - path to the app root: C%3A/workdir/temp/employee.demo/public/widgets/mywidget.js
• virtual should work - assume something like: C%3A/workdir/employee.demo/public/dojo/dojo.js (file does not physically exist)
• phys web path - path to the web files: C%3A/workdir/employee.demo/public (location of editing context root)
• editing root - URL to files in context root while editing "/resources/files" + phys web path: /resources/files/C%3A/workdir/employee.demo/public
• web path - web accessible path after public : widgets/mywidget.js
• full editing preview path - editing root + web path
• context root - /employee.demo or / (running context root for absolute URLs)
• editors web/file path - / or C%3A/zero.ide/public XXX Should not be used by editors

-- edchat - 27 Feb 2008

• freedomUpdate.doc: This shows the mapping of Freedom files to zero/ide files

• finalFreedomUpdate.doc: This is the final list of removed, moved and renamed files.