Nuwan, can we make this available to whoever has the dashboard feature without increasing the core size?
On Friday, September 16, 2011, Afkham Azeez <az...@wso2.com> wrote: > Please note that I would like to see some other modules which are in carbon core also moved out. So, please don't add anything new. > > ---- > Sent from my phone > > On Sep 16, 2011 11:51 PM, az...@wso2.com wrote: >> We will have to think about how to properly implement this, but I'm sure it >> can be done. >> >> ---- >> Sent from my phone >> On Sep 16, 2011 10:13 PM, "Nuwan Bandara" <nu...@wso2.com> wrote: >>> Hi Azeez, >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Afkham Azeez <az...@wso2.com> wrote: >>> >>>> -1 to increasing the distribution size. Big -1 to this addition. Adding >>>> everything to carbon core violates the component model. >>>> >>> I agree the bundle is bulky in Size, and doing our best to reduce its size >>> (discussion on* [carbon-dev]Shindig upgrading effort*) it was 20MB before >>> and we have managed to reduce it to 12MB. >>> >>> About the component model; is there another mechanism you suggest to have >>> this feature to be integrated with the carbon-core ui, the objective of >> this >>> feature is, that any UI component developer can add a gadget simply from a >>> tag, like we add properties etc. if we make this a separate component IMO >> we >>> cannot get the model working. >>> >>> Can you suggest the correct way in doing this if it violates the component >>> model. >>> >>> Regards, >>> /nuwan >>> >>>> ---- >>>> Sent from my phone >>>> On Sep 16, 2011 4:19 PM, "Nuwan Bandara" <nu...@wso2.com> wrote: >>>> > Hi All, >>>> > >>>> > We have done some work around gadget rendering, and we have developed a >>>> new >>>> > feature so that if you need a gadget in you page you do not need the >>>> > dashboard to show them. You can simply create a tag and add the gadget >>>> URL >>>> > and the UI part will be available in ur page. an example would be >>>> > >>>> > <c:gadget url="/foo.xml" height="100" width="100" class="gadget-style" >> /> >>>> > >>>> > once you add above tag you can place the gadget where ever you want in >>>> your >>>> > page. >>>> > >>>> > This feature can come in handy in many ways where you want to mix >> static >>>> and >>>> > dynamic information. We are working on revamping the system statistics >>>> page >>>> > with this new method just to demonstrate as a POC. >>>> > >>>> > However in-order to make this available we will have to add shindig a >>>> part >>>> > of carbon-core. Shindig is at the moment is 14.3MB and it will go down >>>> for >>>> > about 12MB with fixes to bundle plugin, hence this will increase the >> size >>>> of >>>> > the distribution in 12MBs. >>>> > >>>> > However I believe there are many advantages in having this as part of >> our >>>> > core UI framework. for an example Google it self is pushing this model >> in >>>> > almost all the pages they published recently [1]. I believe this >> feature >>>> can >>>> > be quite helpful for products like BPS, GREG and BAM directly. By >> having >>>> > this you can have functionalities like intercommunication between UI >>>> parts, >>>> > unified way to show analytics/statistics and any other dynamic content. >>>> > >>>> > comments and ideas welcome. >>>> > >>>> > [1] http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > *Thanks & Regards, >>>> > >>>> > Nuwan Bandara >>>> > Senior Software Engineer >>>> > WSO2 Inc. | http://wso2.com >>>> > lean . enterprise . middleware >>>> > >>>> > http://nuwan.bandara.co >>>> > * >>>> > <http://www.nuwanbando.com/> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> -- Regards, Tharindu blog: http://mackiemathew.com/
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