yes... noticed that ... although, the "graffles" diagram-ish look and feel about it seems well for the task as well, in that once the view finds the raphael js files (and the css), using it becomes very insinuative (i mean easy - meaning even I can use it ;) )... that said, I wonder if its ease of use can't be expanded on (again, I am by no means a web programmer, I can see this at the python level), and since we need only set the logic within the the apps view, perhaps we could just as easily manipulate the data that drives this @ run time? Meaning, by enabling a feature (maybe with an event like button.click() ) generate new elements (with control over the properties like shape, txt, color, etc). Maybe cause the page to re- render at each change, we could essentially have a workable basic flowchart app...
Or, I could be out my my tree as well... I haven't given jsPlumb the same effort (required more reading, and it was getting late), but it did seem a little less intuitive to get going... or maybe not... will try wit a fresher and well caffeinated brain later today. 2 goals for the flow charts: 1. creating flow charts :) 2. use this type of drag & droppable flow chart system to manipulate data going to script (i used to do something like this with air apps). example: * we parse a section of a file system (and a source repository like mercurial and obviously p4) and generate its represntation in XML * a raphael (or jsPlumb?) element is dynamically linked to an element in our XML tree (provides access to file names, paths, etc...) * we can then generate instructions to some py script (like "copy this dir structure (elem A) to here (elem B), or pull from mercurial THIS src (possibly we can parse the mercurial tree ahead of time and get a list of submitted changes with their associated numbers, with which a double click event can trigger a drop down or something where we can choose the revision we want to pull) to THAT location (here the script would know to do a os.chdir(THAT location), or commit THIS and add this change description... or ... DIFF elem (*file_a) with that (*file_b)... see where I'm going with this?(or maybe I now have too much time on my hands ;)) Thanks, Mart :) anyways things like that... On Nov 11, 1:35 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Raphael and processing.js provide low level drawing primitives. > jsPlumb is specific for diagrams. > > On Nov 11, 12:03 am, mart <msenecal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Alexandre, > > > first jsPlumb, now this!... so many choices :) Looks so good as > > well :) and says "easy to use" right there on the front page! (love > > "easy to use"!). OK, tanks for that as well... I will try them both. > > > Thanks for the tip! > > > Mart :) > > > On Nov 10, 10:08 pm, Alexandre Augusto <alllme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hey Mart, > > > > If you like visual appealing JavaScript Framework you may also be > > > interested in Raphaël—JavaScript Library > > > > What is it? > > > Raphaël is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work > > > with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own > > > specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can > > > achieve it simply and easily with this library. > > > > Raphaël ['ræfeɪəl] uses the SVG W3C Recommendation and VML as a base > > > for creating graphics. This means every graphical object you create is > > > also a DOM object, so you can attach JavaScript event handlers or > > > modify them later. Raphaël’s goal is to provide an adapter that will > > > make drawing vector art compatible cross-browser and easy. > > > > Raphaël currently supports Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Chrome 5.0+, > > > Opera 9.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+. > > > >http://raphaeljs.com/ > > > > On Nov 10, 10:14 pm, mart <msenecal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Mic, now that's what I'm talking about! That looks awesome! :) > > > > > Thanks for that! > > > > > Mart :) > > > > > On Nov 10, 5:33 pm, Michele Comitini <michele.comit...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi mart, > > > > > > Not a flowchart app, a library, but you can make very nice charts if > > > > > you need to show them with web2py: > > > > > >http://morrisonpitt.com/jsPlumb/html/jquery/demo.html > > > > > > mic > > > > > > 2010/11/10 mart <msenecal...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > > Anybody know of any relatively decent flow chart app out there that > > > > > > would be compatible with web2py? > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mart :) > >
