Yeah, that's helpful. Sorry we're not aware of that secret work on TreasureBoat.

- hugi



> On 29 Oct 2019, at 15:13, Paul Yu via Webobjects-dev 
> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote:
> 
> The tough work has already been done by Ken on the TreasureBoat.
> 
> But as they say, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2019, at 9:27 AM, Jesse Tayler via Webobjects-dev 
>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, it’s a team job for sure.
>> 
>> There’s tough programming in WO - components, frameworks, inheritance and 
>> trickery.
>> 
>> There’s tough programming in javascript - not just implementation, but 
>> identifying the original designs and retrofitting something that seamlessly 
>> enhances Wonder projects simply by linking to the frameworks…serious 
>> wizardry.
>> 
>> There’s tough programming in D2W, stuff that I was shocked to see! The 
>> trouble was not understanding any particular rule, although there were some 
>> (a lot?) that I was amazed by — but actually understanding the bigger 
>> picture of how they FIT these frameworks right into the Wonder stuff - link 
>> and unlink and magic comes and goes.
>> 
>> So, if it were to be done, it would have to be US that does it!
>> 
>> It’s a really hard task…
>> 
>> I wish I had a suggestion, because I believe it is THAT important.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 29, 2019, at 9:18 AM, Theodore Petrosky <tedp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> do you think it would be possible to find someone that CAN do the work, and 
>>> then set up a fund me instance so we could pay him/her?
>>> 
>>> I would put money into this if I thought there were others that would also 
>>> add funds!
>>> 
>>> Ted
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 29, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Jesse Tayler via Webobjects-dev 
>>>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I recall something about show/hide but it’s fuzzy now.
>>>> 
>>>> I did however, conclude that we are all hosed!
>>>> 
>>>> The value of things like the AJAX list panel that can load up new batches 
>>>> or a tab panel that reloads like magic?
>>>> 
>>>> These old Ajax frameworks have tricks to override rules in D2W so simply 
>>>> adding the framework inserts itself into the interface frameworks 
>>>> beautifully.
>>>> 
>>>> Then I went into the AJAX frameworks to trace the code and found the group 
>>>> of them to be deeply intertwined, and the code depends on long hierarchies 
>>>> of those too-long-inheritance chains that we’ve all seen arise over time. 
>>>> You just keep going into superviews and different WOD bindings until you 
>>>> are lost.
>>>> 
>>>> I strongly sense we’d have to quite literally rewrite a batch of related 
>>>> frameworks -- and we’d have to be able to use the same code/D2W trickery 
>>>> to make the new frameworks ride on top of our apps seamlessly.
>>>> 
>>>> However, it IS possible to do!
>>>> 
>>>> I wish I had a solution to this problem.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 29, 2019, at 8:57 AM, René Bock <b...@salient-doremus.de> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, you may use both frameworks,  prototyps.js and jQuery if you use 
>>>>> jQuery in non-conflict mode (because both frameworks defines the variable 
>>>>> $ as shortcut)
>>>>> 
>>>>> We had some additional issues when using the bootstrap framework, as 
>>>>> prototypes.js add functions like show, hide, toggle to each element.     
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 29.10.2019 um 12:55 schrieb Jesse Tayler via Webobjects-dev 
>>>>>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have trouble with this as well, the older code conflicts with newer 
>>>>>> jQuery based stuff.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So bad, that it will eventually stop your work because some bugs are 
>>>>>> critical and you’ll not be able to work around them.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I’ve found that the code way back in those Ajax frameworks is indeed 
>>>>>> amazing but also unreadable and unmaintainable.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In fact, I believe there is no way with our current resources that WO 
>>>>>> folks will overcome this critical issue — our legacy is dragging us down.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If anyone can figure this out, or even has ideas or wants to try — I’m 
>>>>>> up for it, but I’ve found myself that the weight is impossibly heavy.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2019, at 3:18 AM, Jérémy DE ROYER via Webobjects-dev 
>>>>>>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Log time ago (10/2014), there was an old thread around migrating ajax 
>>>>>>> from prototype to jquery as :
>>>>>>> - prototype is out of date
>>>>>>> - we « all » use jQuery to deal with ajax-front-end-requests
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> There was a link to the work made by johnny miller 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/johnnykahalawai/wonder
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> To deal with ajax-back-end-requests, we currently use :
>>>>>>> - AjaxModaDialog
>>>>>>> - AjaxUpdateContainer
>>>>>>> - AjaxUpdateLink
>>>>>>> - AjaxObserveField
>>>>>>> - AjaxSubmitButton
>>>>>>> - AjaxLongResponse
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> How do you deal with Ajax ? Still use wonder with prototype ? Any new 
>>>>>>> idea ?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jérémy
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>>>>> 
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