Hi,
According to my background study of GSOC proposal, we have following
functionality in the whiteboard,
- Draw simple shapes
- Type text
- Add images to the whiteboard
- Add documents like doc, docx, odt, pdf to the whiteboard
- Save content of whiteboard
But our first target was to implement 1st and 2nd with the proven
feasibility of implementing the rest. We had these agreements about
implementing the whiteboard,
- It should be a Apache Wicket Module which can be reused in any where
which have a requirement of a whiteboard.
- The drawings, typing, doc sharing have to be synchronized with all the
viewers of the whiteboard. To do that what Maxim suggested was this,
- At the end of each drawing typing, changing, moving etc. an event
is triggered. Say a method call.
- That will call the backend and the synchronization logic.
- The example which Maxim gave was this,
Whiteboard w = new Whiteboard("wb") {
public onCircle(CircleEvent evt, AjaxRequestTarget target) {
//handle circle creation here
}
....... etc.
}
According to my mind, we have the feasibility of implementing advanced
features of WB with Closure. Now what we have to do is converting the
whiteboard to a Wicket Module which will have methods like above which can
be used to invoke the synchronization logic.
While knowing that, I think both of us needs comments from devs about
future works.
Thanks!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Bogdanov Andrey <ba...@mail.ru> wrote:
> Hi Andun,
>
> At first I completely agree with your comparison af Closure and RaphaelJS.
> Closure is not the best tool for drawing, but it privides a lot of
> additional facilities for building of UI. After jQuery it looks
> slightly tedious, but allows manage code very well.
>
> As I mentioned before I didn't think about OM whiteboard when creating my.
> So some functionality is missing there. But I think it could be easily
> implemented. If there are some definite features which need to be
> implemented I can do it. The main problem for me right now - how to include
> the whiteboard to existing project.
>
> Regards,
> Andrey Bogdanov
>
>
> Воскресенье, 16 июня 2013, 19:32 +05:30 от Andun Sameera <
> andun...@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi All,
>
> As Maxim requested I have looked at both Google Closure and KineticJS.
>
> *Google Closure * *Kinectic JS, RaphaelJS* Well maintained Well
> maintained Good Tutorials, Support Good Tutorials, Support Feature
> Full, Can Create Complete Uis like GMail Specific for tasks like Drawing,
> Animations. Facilitate enough features for that. Hard to learn,manage Easy
> to learn,mange
> As Maxim highlighted, there is no specific reason for me to leave Closure
> behind. But in Andrey's whiteboard we have lot of features than current OM
> WB. Thus what we can do is,
>
> - We can customize it to match with current WB
> - we can improve WB to have all these functionality in Andrey's
> whiteboard.
>
> I need comments for that choice.
>
> I think we have to use a separate synchronization logic with Wickets other
> than the web socket synchronization. Also if Andrey's whiteboard is matured
> enough for use in OM, I can start the work of creating a Wicket Module for
> that a we planned in the GSOC proposal.
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1] - http://raphaeljs.com/
> [2] - http://kineticjs.com/
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Maxim Solodovnik
> <solomax...@gmail.com<https://e.mail.ru/sentmsg?mailto=mailto%3asolomax...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hello Andun,
>
> sorry for the late response
> It is really hard to make a decision in this case
>
> It is really hard to refuse working contribution, plus I don't want to
> have more than 1 JS library doing the same :(
> So I think we should stay on closure if there is no strong disadvantages.
>
> So I would say if your investigation will show
> 1) JS library B is better maintained
> 2) has stronger comunity
> 3) is better integrated with jQuery
> ..... etc.
>
> we will need to choose another library as base library for your project.
>
>
> Current WB proposed by Andrey has different functionality than current OM
> WB.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Andun Sameera
> <andun...@gmail.com<https://e.mail.ru/sentmsg?mailto=mailto%3aandun...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi Maxim,
>
> I have checked the working prototype which was submitted. It has many
> functionality implemented. While knowing that, I will compare the
> libraries. After that from what I should make the prototype? From the one
> which we have more advantages? Or do I need to implement a prototype in
> kinteticjs or raphaeljs to compare it with the closure one?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Maxim Solodovnik
> <solomax...@gmail.com<https://e.mail.ru/sentmsg?mailto=mailto%3asolomax...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Why I'm asking is:
> we already have working prototype contributed
> it is written using "google closure" (it is not fully synchronized, but
> able to draw)
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Andun Sameera
> <andun...@gmail.com<https://e.mail.ru/sentmsg?mailto=mailto%3aandun...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> OK Maxim. Also I was planning to use kineticJS to implement whiteboard.
> Will list all pros and cons for that also.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Maxim Solodovnik
> <solomax...@gmail.com<https://e.mail.ru/sentmsg?mailto=mailto%3asolomax...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hello Andun,
>
> I'll be on vacation with limited or no internet connection
> 2013.06.12-2013.06.25
> Please do the following
>
> 1) Take a look at this whiteboard prototype:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-662
> I need you to:
>
> 1. provide pros and contras of using rafael.js VS "google closure" to
> implement whiteboard
> 2. start prototyping WB without messages exchange
>
> 2) Finish WYSIWYG plugin, I believe it can be used as deliverable in GSOC.
>
>
> Please contact dev list while my vacation.
>
> --
> WBR
> Maxim aka solomax
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andun S.L. Gunawardana
> Undergraduate
> Department of Computer Science And Engineering
> University of Moratuwa
> Sri Lanka
>
> Blog - http://www.insightforfuture.blogspot.com/
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> Twitter -http://twitter.com/AndunSLG
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> WBR
> Maxim aka solomax
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andun S.L. Gunawardana
> Undergraduate
> Department of Computer Science And Engineering
> University of Moratuwa
> Sri Lanka
>
> Blog - http://www.insightforfuture.blogspot.com/
> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andun-s-l-gunawardana/34/646/703
> Twitter -http://twitter.com/AndunSLG
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> WBR
> Maxim aka solomax
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andun S.L. Gunawardana
> Undergraduate
> Department of Computer Science And Engineering
> University of Moratuwa
> Sri Lanka
>
> Blog - http://www.insightforfuture.blogspot.com/
> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andun-s-l-gunawardana/34/646/703
> Twitter -http://twitter.com/AndunSLG
>
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>
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>
>
>
> --
> Андрей Богданов
>
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Regards
Andun S.L. Gunawardana
Undergraduate
Department of Computer Science And Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Blog - http://www.insightforfuture.blogspot.com/
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andun-s-l-gunawardana/34/646/703
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