Thanks for the explanation :) My question was more Can I be a student for project Foo and a mentor for project Bar ?
:) Ben On Mar 26, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Janko Mivšek <janko.miv...@eranova.si> wrote: > Hi Benjamin > > Dne 26. 03. 2013 16:04, piše Benjamin: >> Of course I could be a mentor :) >> >> But my question is can I be a mentor and a student ? > > Unfortunatelly not :( > >> And this proposal go in the direction I want Spec to follow: >> platform/framework independency :) >> I know that Nico would love to have Spec running in Amber ^^ > > So you'd like to run as a student for the Spec Independency project, > which is also your proposal, so this is actually a Student proposal, > right? :) > > In any case your project can be a good one in parallel to Spec over Aida > one. And another over Amber? That way we can evolve Spec while testing > it in many frameworks at once. But it seems that we all need to adjust a > terminology a bit, HTML5 terms are a bit different, those ins W3C Web > Components spec different again, etc. Then event architecture could be > different that one in web browser's DOM tree. Then MVC, dependency > mechanism, how ideas from JavaScript MVC frameworks like Ember.js, > Angular.js etc, can be covered with Spec. In any case, pretty amusing > projects indeed :) > > Best regards > Janko > >> >> Ben >> >> On Mar 26, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Janko Mivšek <janko.miv...@eranova.si >> <mailto:janko.miv...@eranova.si>> wrote: >> >>> Guys, would be this an interesting project to advance Smalltalk UI more >>> toward bleeding edge again, after 30 years, when we were there already >>> with MVC based GUI? Spec project have a potential here and Spec over web >>> frameworks to build fully desktop-capable web apps seems to be >>> achievable. Spec over Amber (who will propose that?), Spec over Aida, >>> Spec over Seaside? Benjamin, would you be a co-mentor of that project? >>> >>> Title: Spec over Aida for desktop-capable Web Apps >>> >>> Level: advanced >>> >>> Possible mentor: Janko Mivšek >>> >>> Possible second mentor: Benjamin? >>> >>> Description >>> >>> Spec as a means to describe and generate GUI has a potential to help >>> building web applications as well. And because one of Spec goals is to >>> become a platform/framework independent, this project has a goal to >>> extend Aida component model for building Single Page web apps to become >>> Spec-aware >>> >>> >>> Technical Details >>> >>> Aida has a component model for building so called Single Page web UIs, >>> capable of composing a hierarchy of so called web widgets, which are >>> standalone reusable components, together with hierarchical web form >>> support. Spec as descriptor and generator of UI is therefore a natural >>> extension of Aida component model. When a HTML5 Web Components standard >>> will be ready, Aida component model can be easily extended to support >>> that standard as well, together with Spec (and maybe UIBuilder too?). >>> >>> Benefits to the Student >>> >>> Student will acquire the knowledge and experience of building >>> desktop-capable UIs on the web using HTML5 approach. >>> >>> Benefits to the Community >>> >>> Spec has a potential to become a de-facto standard way of describing >>> User Interfaces for Smalltalk projects from desktop to web and mobile, >>> on a dialect and web framework neutral way. This project can contribute >>> a piece toward that goal. >>> >>> >>> Best regards >>> Janko >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Janko Mivšek >>> Aida/Web >>> Smalltalk Web Application Server >>> http://www.aidaweb.si >>> >> > > -- > Janko Mivšek > Aida/Web > Smalltalk Web Application Server > http://www.aidaweb.si >
