Hi Chris,
I would love for this to pull data from a REST API, it would mean less
tinkering with the perl stuff ;)
What I have done for now, as I'd love for this to be something we can
try out soon, is just modify the perl script (see patch in previous
email) to add a stv_form_interactive function that spits out the same
page as the example, but with real data.
it gets called by passing "?interactive=true" to the usual vote URL. If
present, interactive mode kicks in, if not, it's the old version.
I definitely think the REST API is the way forward (if possible, i would
love to rewrite in Python ;) ), and in the long run, that's what I'll
aim for. Makes it easier to define candidates, and a heck of a lot
easier to import statements from them when we get so far, but for now in
the short run, I've just modded the perl script.
With regards,
Daniel.
On 2015-03-15 17:08, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) wrote:
Daniel I poked around on this and you have a wow+awesome+woot from
me. I love the new UI. My only legitimate concern is the mapping of
this to backend REST services - does your program call the backend
Python/Perl Steve code directly?
If so, do you have any thoughts on these REST services I put up
on the Steve wiki?
http://wiki.apache.org/Steve/SteveRESTAPI
Cheers,
Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Gruno <[email protected]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 9:01 AM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: An idea for an interactive UI for Steve board votes
(sent from wrong address at first, here goes...)
HI folks,
I've been wondering for some time if it wasn't possible to make board
voting a bit less stressful.
As it is right now, you have to mentally keep a note of letters and
their corresponding names and how that all adds up to a weird string you
are typing into a text field - it can get a bit confusing, especially
when you suddenly change your mind and want to rearrange things.
So I came up with an interactive UI for managing those sort of votes,
where you can drag'n'drop candidates onto a ballot (as many as you like,
of course) and then rearrange that ballot as you see fit with your
mouse. Not only will i display the candidates in a more friendly manner,
it will also conform to the old Steve methods and generate an STV string
for voting. I've been working with Jim to get some extra features into
it, and it's starting to look real nice.
You can see a demo with fake names at http://asfcloud.com/steve.html
I have a patch for the perl script so that everything - sans the
statement data - will work out of the box.
To get to the point; Is this something we would want to implement, maybe
showcase at the next annual meeting? The feedback I've gotten has been
ranging from "I like it" to "wow, that's awesome", so I think we could
really help some folks if we could get this implemented.
It's tested and should work with the latest versions of FireFox, Chrome,
Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera etc (anything that will do HTML5).
You can see a patch to cast-vote.pl at https://paste.apache.org/p/n1IU
although it will also require the support files (JS, CSS, PNGs) to work
properly.
Thoughts? Comments? Flames?
With regards,
Daniel.
