Dear users, I'm applying for GSOC 2011 to work on tapestry and I really hope you can give ideas on what you like too see as a part of tapestry. Maybe focus on some new custom components that you think will popularize the framework more and be useful for the majority of users. Please fill free to step in with a suggestion.
My ideas for now are: 1. Right click menu (find existing js implementation and integrate with it? or make something more generic that can be used with different js implementations of a right click menu?) 2. Grid enhacements: 1. better pager, 2. sorting params go in URL, 3. Better HibernateDataSource (more generic). 4.Changing column order and visibility and saving this in a db. 3. Integrate Tapestry with some NoSQL database like Couch DB but possibly not tie ourselves with one driver (Java adapter). 4. Enhance the hibernate support with some extra annotations providing better control over the type of transactions and open/close of a transaction in one session (session is opened/closed per request as i understand). 5. What about making a tab component (like in Jira) that works with the back button and makes an ajax call when pressing back). Also while on the topic, can we make ajax updates (zone updates) to add parameter in the URL so that the back button also reverts the action or so? I know its pretty complex, but would a simple scenario be useful for the majority of users? 6. Maybe making a notification bubble like in gmail when it says loading.. or sending etc.and also providing the "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page" the dialog when closing a browser tab/window when you have some process in the background (like post or a zone update). Cheers, Dragan Sahpaski
