Re: Creating API pages

I am planning on adding fields for constants within the API Object
template/form. It might take a few days, though. I hope to work on it on
Friday or Saturday.

☆*PhistucK*



On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:06 PM, David Gash <dgash@google.com> wrote:

> Scott,
> For tomorrow's call, apart from the basic issue of the API content
> architecture, let's discuss the web audio list before I set off creating
> ~150 pages. Also, I have a few questions about certain parts of the
> interface that you (or someone else) may be able to answer, below. The
> numbers refer to the W3C spec<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html>,
> and are linked to the specific sections for easy reference.
>
> 4.3<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#AudioSourceNode>
>  AudioSourceNode
> Listed as an "abstract" interface, has no documented properties or methods.
>
> 4.11<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#MediaElementAudioSourceNode>
>  MediaElementAudioSourceNode
> Created in an Audiocontext, has no documented properties or methods.
>
> 4.14.1<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#PannerNode-sub>PannerNode Constants
> There's no API structure/path for constants.
>
> 4.18<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#ChannelSplitterNode>ChannelSplitterNode and
> 4.19<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#ChannelMergerNode>ChannelMergerNode
> Also have no documented properties or methods.
>
> 4.24<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#WaveTable>WaveTable and
> 4.25<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#MediaStreamAudioSourceNode>
>  MediaStreamAudioSourceNode
> Also have no documented properties or methods.
>
> I'm not sure whether to create pages for the objects with no properties or
> methods, and whether to document the PannerNode constants as properties
> or... something else. Any input appreciated.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Scott Rowe <scottrowe@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dave! Be sure to share any issues you encounter on this thread.
>> +Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:16 AM, David Gash <dgash@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott / all,
>>>
>>> I'm starting to document the web audio API. Based on Scott's proposal
>>> doc and the W3C specs, the first few topics' URLs will be structured
>>> thus:
>>>
>>> apis/webaudio
>>>
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/properties/destination
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/properties/sampleRate
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/properties/currentTime
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/properties/listener
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/properties/activeSourceCount
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/methods/createBuffer
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/methods/decodeAudioData
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/methods/createBufferSource
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioContext/methods/. . . etc.
>>>
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioNode/properties/context
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioNode/properties/numberOfInputs
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioNode/properties/numberOfOutputs
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioNode/methods/connect
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/AudioNode/methods/disconnect
>>>
>>> apis/webaudio/objects/. . . etc.
>>>
>>> There are a lot more objects, properties, and methods in this API, of
>>> course, but Scott has reviewed this plan and, barring any objections,
>>> that's the path structure I'll be following.
>>>
>>> I plan to outline the entire set before creating any pages, then create
>>> all the stubs, then go back and fill in.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Scott Rowe <scottrowe@google.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I sat down to document the process for creating API pages, using
>>>> the WebRTC documentation as the poster child, I found more questions than
>>>> answers. I realized that we did not have a good story here, so I did my
>>>> best to fill in the holes with a methodology that attempts to solve the
>>>> problems I found.
>>>>
>>>> You find this methodology described in WPD:Creating_API_pages<http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Creating_API_pages>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> Note that it started out as a how-to for contributors, but quickly
>>>> became a proposal. So parts of it will read either way. Don't be alarmed.
>>>> The purpose of the document is to provide you with a methodology to try on
>>>> as you do what I did - test it out with your own API pages.
>>>>
>>>> As you do, please don't update the methodology in that page - let's
>>>> discuss it first. We can use this thread for the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>
>>>> +Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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