Re: Reusable Hydra components

Hi everybody,
interesting conversation, i'm not really into front-end, but talking about
components maybe you can find useful https://www.polymer-project.org/

Thanks for the resources

2015-01-27 12:25 GMT+01:00 Tomasz Pluskiewicz <tomasz@t-code.pl>:

> Thanks Kev. I'll definitely look take a closer look at your work to gather
> some ideas!
>
> Tom
>
> January 26 2015 11:57 AM, "Kev Kirkland" <kev@dataunity.org> wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I've been working on similar themes with the AngularJS client [1].
> >
> > Here's some links to GitHub which highlight some of the things you
> mentioned above.
> >
> > I've used routing to have separate views for Forms, Collections and
> 'normal views'. These seem to
> > be the three main view types in a Hydra client (judging by Marcus's
> implementation):
> >
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L3
> > 8-403
> >
> > There are directives for each of the different views:
> >
> > Form directive:
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L1
> > 90-2044
> >
> > Screenshot:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/xrhtguax980am52/du_dash_add_cell_contents_map_fields.png?dl=0
> > (note I'm using OSLC to populate drop down values)
> >
> > Collection directive:
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L1
> > 17-1836
> >
> > Sreenshot:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/wh4xfi2dlq7sbgd/du_datatables_list.png?dl=0
> >
> > Item directive:
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L1
> > 32-1742
> >
> > The directive 'duItem' represents a SupportedProperty (a 'pageItem' is a
> wrapper around a
> > SupportedProperty with a bit of extra information to make it easier to
> display - I should improve
> > the naming):
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L1
> > 81-1629
> >
> > The SupportedOperation directive is here:
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L1
> > 53-1674
> >
> > I've got a couple of extensions in my client, over and above the
> standard. These don't stop it
> > functioning like a normal Hydra client, but help the client look and
> behave like a standard web
> > app. CSS styling can be applied to SupportedProperties, so the
> EntryPoint for my app looks like
> > this (CSS is applied to the SupportedOperations to make them look like
> buttons):
> >
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lf1iqyycefbcp9x/du_home.png?dl=0
> >
> > There is also an option to add custom routes. In my application there's
> a couple of screens which
> > really need a very tailored user experience which involve a lot of
> javascript interaction (I make
> > data visualisation software). The easiest way I've found of including
> them is to have a Provider
> > which lets you insert new Routes into the Hydra client (by specifying a
> > SupportedClass/SupportedOperation combination):
> >
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L5
> > 266
> >
> > I've supported supplying drop down value choices through OSLC. I chose
> OSLC from the current Hydra
> > Shapes options because it was easy to understand and implement (drop
> downs are visible in the Form
> > screenshot above):
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L1
> > 31-1983
> >
> https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client/blob/master/js/dataunity-hydraclient-0.1.0.js#L2
> > 15-2435
> >
> > I haven't done a very good job of sharing my work with the group yet
> (sorry guys). The main issues
> > are intense workload, and the fact that I can't Open Source my Hydra API
> just yet (I need to
> > improve some security options). However I hope some of the screenshots
> above show that Hydra can be
> > used to create a familiar web experience for the user.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kev
> >
> > PS: there's more features to the AngularJS Hydra client, like allowing
> parallel routes through an
> > API, but I think I've already put too much info into this email so I'll
> save it for future
> > discussions.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/dataunity/dataunity-hydra-client
> >
>
>
>


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