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Octopart Part Browser, built with JavascriptMVC

30 points by smock 16y ago

bentruyman 16y ago
It'd be a little more interesting if the source wasn't obfuscated or provided in full elsewhere.
- andres 16y ago
  I was planning to upgrade to JavascriptMVC 3.0 before open sourcing it but if you want to see the source as-is let me know.
- deleted 16y ago
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  - andres 16y ago
    Originally I wanted to write it in Cappuccino and I actually started learning Cappuccino for that purpose. However, I had used JavascriptMVC for a previous project and in the interest of speed I decided to go with that. Also, I was developing our API at the same time I was writing the Part Browser and I felt more comfortable in JavaScript than Objective-J. I think Cappuccino is great though... It seems like Atlas is a killer feature and I think it will be a must-have for UIs that are more sophisticated than the Part Browser. Every time I had to build a UI element from scratch I wished I had access to Cappuccino widgets. Incidentally, I highly recommend JavaScriptMVC. It's an incredibly powerful micro-framework that is excellent for small projects but also scales extremely well to large projects. I basically hated javascript until I started using JavascriptMVC now I think programming in javascript is actually pretty fun.
lowkey 16y ago
Needs filters to be useful but otherwise very cool.
- andres 16y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. If you click on the magnifying glass in each column header you'll get a filter for that column.
  - jeroen 16y ago
    Wouldn't a filter icon be more obvious?
    - andres 16y ago
      What do you mean by filter icon?
      - smokinn 16y ago
        For filter icons usually a funnel is used: http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=filter+icon&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=fil... Magnifying glasses typically represent search.
        boucher 16y ago
        I think the magnifying glass is perfectly acceptable here. I think the "filter" icon is much less recognizable to the majority of users. (case in point, the author of the app hasn't heard of it).
        Semiapies 16y ago
        A funnel gives me precisely the opposite connotations as filtering.
erlanger 16y ago
Some things would be improved with more attention to accessibility. Ext.tree.TreePanel, for instance, allows keyboard navigation out of the box. In a similar vein, the results grid doesn't allow row selection/keyboard navigation (ref. Ext.grid.RowSelectionModel).
- justinbmeyer 16y ago
  JMVC doesn't provide packaged widgets (though it is starting to). It's about providing a middle layer (above jQuery, less than customizable widgets) to build customized apps that are as light as possible.
moschel 16y ago
This looks very promising. Great work!
- arijo 16y ago
  Congratulations to the Octopart team for the fantastic work! For those wanting to try out javascriptMVC3.0 here's where you can get it: http://github.com/pinhook/framework http://github.com/pinhook/framework
Aegean 16y ago
Its very neat and simple. I think its going to be a winner.
regularfry 16y ago
The back button works! Hallelujah!

30 points by smock 16y ago

bentruyman 16y ago

It'd be a little more interesting if the source wasn't obfuscated or provided in full elsewhere.

andres 16y ago
I was planning to upgrade to JavascriptMVC 3.0 before open sourcing it but if you want to see the source as-is let me know.
deleted 16y ago
[deleted]
- andres 16y ago
  Originally I wanted to write it in Cappuccino and I actually started learning Cappuccino for that purpose. However, I had used JavascriptMVC for a previous project and in the interest of speed I decided to go with that. Also, I was developing our API at the same time I was writing the Part Browser and I felt more comfortable in JavaScript than Objective-J. I think Cappuccino is great though... It seems like Atlas is a killer feature and I think it will be a must-have for UIs that are more sophisticated than the Part Browser. Every time I had to build a UI element from scratch I wished I had access to Cappuccino widgets. Incidentally, I highly recommend JavaScriptMVC. It's an incredibly powerful micro-framework that is excellent for small projects but also scales extremely well to large projects. I basically hated javascript until I started using JavascriptMVC now I think programming in javascript is actually pretty fun.

lowkey 16y ago

Needs filters to be useful but otherwise very cool.

andres 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. If you click on the magnifying glass in each column header you'll get a filter for that column.
- jeroen 16y ago
  Wouldn't a filter icon be more obvious?
  - andres 16y ago
    What do you mean by filter icon?
    - smokinn 16y ago
      For filter icons usually a funnel is used: http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=filter+icon&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=fil... Magnifying glasses typically represent search.
      - boucher 16y ago
        I think the magnifying glass is perfectly acceptable here. I think the "filter" icon is much less recognizable to the majority of users. (case in point, the author of the app hasn't heard of it).
        Semiapies 16y ago
        A funnel gives me precisely the opposite connotations as filtering.

erlanger 16y ago

Some things would be improved with more attention to accessibility. Ext.tree.TreePanel, for instance, allows keyboard navigation out of the box. In a similar vein, the results grid doesn't allow row selection/keyboard navigation (ref. Ext.grid.RowSelectionModel).

justinbmeyer 16y ago
JMVC doesn't provide packaged widgets (though it is starting to). It's about providing a middle layer (above jQuery, less than customizable widgets) to build customized apps that are as light as possible.

moschel 16y ago

This looks very promising. Great work!

arijo 16y ago
Congratulations to the Octopart team for the fantastic work! For those wanting to try out javascriptMVC3.0 here's where you can get it: http://github.com/pinhook/framework http://github.com/pinhook/framework

Aegean 16y ago

Its very neat and simple. I think its going to be a winner.

regularfry 16y ago

The back button works! Hallelujah!