Love this. What is the refactor of the bridge out of exec, exactly?
On 4/26/12 12:26 PM, "Gord Tanner" <[email protected]> wrote: >I would imagine plugins should be able to use the builder code cordova.js >uses to augment or extend namespaces in the dom: > >https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-js/blob/master/lib/common/comm >on.js > >Builder: >https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-js/blob/master/lib/common/buil >der.js > >We do need to clean this API up a bit before exposing it to the masses, >but >it would be neat if a plugin module could use this to drop objects into >the >dom: > >var objects = { foo: { path: "myplugin/foo"}; >var builder = cordova.require('cordova/builder'); > >builder.build(objects).into(navigator); > >An awesome approach for plugin's would be to not to provide a platform, >but >more of a collection of tools (a la unix) that would make it easy for them >to develop. > >- cordova.require and cordova.define (they can package themselves as a >module and gateway to use our modules) >- cordova/exec (would be nice to finally refactor out the cordova/bridge >module) >- cordova/utils (toolbox stuff) >- cordova/builder (better API needed for building up dom namespaces, not >required but there to use) > > > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Drew Walters <[email protected]> >>wrote: >> > I would agree that it shouldn't be "necessary" for the addPlugin API >> > (more like addNamespace), however it was nice to have during my >> > development. If you look at the addPlugin API you'll notice it waits >> > until DOMContentLoaded is fired so that the native browser globals >> > don't overwrite the plugin. It then calls a modified builder module >> > which handles overriding/merging in the various properties of the >> > plugin. >> >> Seems like a docs issue more of an API surface issue to me. >> >> > Without addPlugin/mergePlugin there will certainly be repetition of >> > code and greater potential for plugins to unintentionally override >> > namespace of other plugins. >> >> could add those to util >> > > > >-- >Gord Tanner >Senior Developer / Code Poet >tinyHippos Inc. >@tinyhippos
