Wow that is wonderful! Web2py development will really become way smoother with this! I actually really enjoy the online IDE and not working with external apps. Fantastic to read that you took this suggestion so seriously and started working to implement it. I knew this was not that easy the second I wrote it though ;)
On Monday, December 9, 2013 6:18:20 PM UTC+1, Paolo Valleri wrote: > > You are right, technically speaking it is true we already have the name of > views and we can avoid to ask them again to the users. > However what you proposed It's not so straightforward with the current > editor structure, I don't say it is impossible. At first sight we should: > > 1- migrate the file list sidebar into an indipendent component (currently > it is part of the editor page) (backend part) > 2- for each opened file(tab) stores in a javascript variable the current > available views (js) > 3- periodically or on demand, parse the python file to find the current > declared endpoints (js) > 4- remove from the declared endpoints(discovered in point3) those already > available (point 2). (js) > 5- feed the dropdown menu with those discovered in point4 (js) > 6- when a new file is created, add the new view to the available > views(point3) and update the file list sidebar(point 1).(backend/js) > > I start with 1, I can work on the other points in the coming days/week. > > > Paolo > > > 2013/12/9 Mika Sjöman <mi...@orilinkinvent.com <javascript:>> > >> Well, I was thinking that usually you write the controller first. If you >> click an [Add view] button, it could check which functions are missing a >> view and give you two options in a popup, or pop-down? (don't know what it >> is called); >> >> --------- >> Add view for function: >> [Link: missing_view_function1] >> [Link: missing_view_function2] >> >> OR add one with name: >> Name: [ ] [Add View] >> ---------- >> >> Mostly you would just click on the missing view function link and you >> would not misspell the file name, which is a quite common error and it >> would reduce writing. Also you would not add one by mistake if there is one >> already. >> >> // cheers >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, December 9, 2013 5:10:20 PM UTC+1, Paolo Valleri wrote: >>> >>> It is a good idea that could speed up the initial development phase; >>> We could start by implementing some like that: while you edit the >>> controller test.py at the top you will get a button 'add view' that when >>> clicked creates a file (a view actually) in the directory app/views/test; >>> the file name could be get by a dialog. Let me think about that a bit more. >>> >>> For the [Add or +] in the file list, if I remember correctly Roberto (in >>> CC) has started something a while ago. >>> >>> Paolo >>> >>> On Monday, December 9, 2013 4:57:25 PM UTC+1, Mika Sjöman wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I just noticed watching Massimo's video tutorials, how often we need to >>>> open a second tab in Chrome when we want to create a view/controller/model >>>> file. It often leads us to get conflicts since we do not want to close the >>>> previous (having multiple tabs open we are working on). >>>> >>>> If we could add a view with a button "add view" when looking at a >>>> controller and the list of views, we could basically stop opening multiple >>>> chrome tabs and also reduce the merges we need to do. >>>> >>>> *Edit views:* view1, view2, [Add view] >>>> >>>> Clicking it would open the new text file immediately in another tab. >>>> >>>> It should also reload the files toggle view on the left. An [add or +] >>>> button could also be added after each section in the files toggle view to >>>> the left, and it would feel really complete. Even though I guess we would >>>> still open it sometime, it would reduce the times we need to click Edit >>>> link at the top bar. >>>> >>> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/JO4PrRnDpnU/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
