jsgui3-server 0.0.118 → 0.0.120

package/examples/controls/10) window, mirrored text inputs/client.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const Active_HTML_Document = require('../../../controls/Active_HTML_Document');
 //     May want code that checks for .el being changed.
 
 
-
+// Should not need to refer to the .data.model? view.data.model?
 
 
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class Demo_UI extends Active_HTML_Document {
 
             // does seem convenient having .on refer to dom events if it's an appropriate event name for that.
 
-            
+
 
 
             ti1.data.model.on('change', e => {

package/examples/controls/{11b) window, shared model mirrored text fields → 11b) window, shared Data_Object model mirrored text fields}/client.js

@@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ class Demo_UI extends Active_HTML_Document {
                     ///    Maybe a different function as standard to assign isomorphic things.
 
 
+                    // What about (just) using a Data_Value???
+                    // Data_Value_Model?
+                    // Data_Model_Value???
+
+                    // Just stick to Data_Value for now.
+
 
 
                     const dm = new Data_Object({context});

package/examples/controls/11c) window, shared Data_Value model mirrored text fields/client.js

@@ -0,0 +1,617 @@
+const jsgui = require('jsgui3-client');
+const {controls, Control, mixins, Data_Value} = jsgui;
+const {dragable} = mixins;
+
+const {field} = require('obext');
+
+const {Checkbox, Date_Picker, Text_Input, Text_Field} = controls;
+
+const Active_HTML_Document = require('../../../controls/Active_HTML_Document');
+
+// Will make Date_Picker use progressive enhancement.
+//   On activation would create a new element? Create a new sibling?
+//     May want code that checks for .el being changed.
+
+
+
+// Want the data sharing to be really simple and intuitive to set up.
+//   But not so simple the comlexities of data flow can't be expressed when needed.
+
+
+// Make it so sharing a data model is very easy.
+//   Sharing a single value, or referring to different values within it.
+
+// Be able to handle errors when the view model can't update the data_model for some reason(s).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+class Demo_UI extends Active_HTML_Document {
+
+
+
+    constructor(spec = {}) {
+        spec.__type_name = spec.__type_name || 'demo_ui';
+        super(spec);
+        const {context} = this;
+
+
+        // Create the Data_Model here....
+
+        // Maybe on pre-activate set its values if it's already been set?
+
+        // Or better send over info about the Data_Model that gets brought into the Page_Context???
+
+        // data.model transfer needs to be automatic.
+        //   Possibly it would be a client-side resource?
+
+        // Want to make the syntax when composing / defining things as simple as possible.
+
+        // Simple enough for the moment.
+        //   Could see about auto-registering?
+        //     Maybe later on.
+        // Simple and explicit code will be best for the moment.
+        //   Must be concise, then could consider more concise and less explicit (but unambiguous) ways to declare things
+        //     to do with data and view model interactions.
+
+
+        // And using a Control_Data class here could help.
+        // Then a Control_View class.
+        //   And the Control_View has its own internal Data. Maybe even a Control_View_Data ???
+
+        
+
+        // Needs a little bit more work...
+
+        //  Maybe adding the fields to the Data_Object is needed.
+
+
+
+
+
+        const setup_demo_ui_data_model = () => {
+            console.log('client pre creare data.model as Data_Value')
+            this.data = {
+                model: new Data_Value({
+                    context
+                })
+            }
+            //field(this.data.model, 'value');
+            context.register_control(this.data.model);
+        }
+        setup_demo_ui_data_model();
+
+
+        
+
+
+
+
+        // The app as a whole having a view.data.model ????
+
+
+        // Or want defined properties / proxies on the Data_Model?
+        //  or fields?
+
+        // want to listen for changes to the data_model.
+
+        // May need comprehensive changes to a lot of controls.
+        //   Making this system the standard / default.
+        //     Getting it working with easy idioms on the top level - don't update the data model on every keystroke.
+
+        // when setting the bounds of a rect, need to set multiple numbers at once (up to 4).
+
+        // A ctrl.view.data.model
+        //  Looks like it's worth making and making use of Control_View and Control_Data classes.
+        //    Would have / support .model.
+
+        // The view.data.model would model exactly what data is in the view.
+        //   It would only get synced to the data.model at appropriate times (like user moving on, or confirming 'ok' or 'go')
+
+        // 'cancel' and 'go' would be of use in some cases.
+        //   red (or grey) and then a green (or slightly green) button.
+        //    a slightly red grey and then a bolder and more colorful green. Would be more color blindness accessible.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+        // this.data.model.set('k', 'v')???
+
+        // create_shared_data_model function...
+        //   would happen on activate as well as compose.
+
+        // Or just make sure there is the 'value' field there...?
+
+
+
+
+        
+
+
+        // And have it persisted to the HTML by the server that they both use that same data.model???
+        //   A bit more lower level code to support more properties / objects being reconstructed client-side would help.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+        // Then when there is a change to that data_model...?
+
+
+
+
+        // Context would have a built-in data_model?
+        //   Maybe for HTML apps. Not all Data_Object contexts.
+
+        // Server_Page_Context also having and using a Data_Model....
+        //   Would make sense.
+        //   Same with the Client_Page_Context
+
+
+
+
+        // Make sure it requires the correct CSS.
+        //  Though making that 'effortless' on the server may help more.
+
+
+        // Maybe can't do this here???
+
+        // Does not have .body (yet) on the client.
+        //   simple way to get the client to attach the body of the Active_HTML_Document?
+        //     maybe with jsgui-data-controls?
+        //   Though automatically having the .body property available on the client without sending extra HTTP
+        //     plumbing will help.
+
+        // .body will not be available before activation.
+
+
+        // .body should not be a normal function....?
+        //   a getter function would be better.
+
+
+        if (typeof this.body.add_class === 'function') {
+            this.body.add_class('demo-ui');
+        }
+
+        //console.log('this.body', this.body);
+        //console.log('this.body.add_class', this.body.add_class);
+
+
+        const compose = () => {
+            // put 20 of them in place.
+
+            // Then how to arrange them...?
+
+
+            // Setting up the shared model in composition would be best....
+            //   Or maybe during init, pre-activate?
+
+            // This seems like it will need some lower level integration for ease of use.
+            //   Would like this to work server-side when setting properties, so should not rely on having this
+            //     in the 'activate' code.
+
+            // a 'model' property.
+            //  maybe two model properties: view.model, data.model.
+
+            // There could be a 'confirm / cancel' dialog when the view.model has been changed, and the view model can be updated
+
+            // Also, a single model could enable an undo history.
+
+            // app.data.model?
+            // context.data.model?
+
+            // context.view.model could make sense too, for representing the state of the app view (ie windows maximised, minimised, positions)
+            //   Could help when resuming the app at a later point, or transmitting the view of the app.
+            //   Maybe for collaborative editing, could operate like shared screen, or each user has control over their own windows.
+
+
+
+            // context.model?
+
+            // ctrl.view.model perhaps???
+            // ctrl.data.model = context.model perhaps?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+            const window = new controls.Window({
+                context: context,
+                title: 'jsgui3-html Shared data.model Mirrored Text_Input controls',
+                pos: [5, 5]
+            });
+
+            window.size = [480, 160];
+
+            // Label text better propbably?
+
+            // .value
+
+            // .data.model = context.data.model
+
+
+            // set that 'value' to a data model ??? No.
+            //  set it's 'model' or 'data.model'.
+
+            // data.model for the moment will be best.
+            //   That is what we want to bind.
+            //   View model and data model pair could allow for 'cancel | OK' options to confirm changes.
+
+
+            // 'data_model' property.
+            // 'dmodel', 'dm' too...?
+            //  'vm' possibly?
+
+            // .v.m shorthand??
+            // .d.m too?
+
+
+
+            // or data: {model: obj_data_model}
+
+            // The data model persistance must not be tricky here.
+            //   Maybe setting it up at compose is not best???
+            //    Makes for the nicest syntax here, the 'magic' about jsgui is handing things over to the client
+            //    in a working way, auto-reconstructing things client-side.
+            //   Would need to send over info on which Data_Model would be used...
+
+
+            // The shared data model should mean that these fields automatically stay in sync (somewhat)
+            //   A shared view model would mean a more immediate sync.
+
+
+            // So Text_Field would need to look at data, data.model from the spec.
+
+            // Write the code in a few controls first, see what is in common and can be abstracted into a mixin
+            //  such as control-data-model-sync
+
+
+            // Would change the 'value' property by default.
+
+            const ti1 = new Text_Field({
+                context,
+
+                text: 'A',
+                data: {
+                    model: this.data.model
+
+                    // model: [this.data.model, 'value'] // this seems better
+
+                    // model_property: 'value'
+                    // model_property: 'value2'  // for example
+                }
+                //label: {
+                //    text: 'A checkbox'
+                //}
+            })
+
+            window.inner.add(ti1);
+
+            // Though not sure they get reconstructed with that data model?
+
+            // Want to make this easy for the app programmer to get right in particular.
+
+            // May need (much) more work on persisting the data model to the client.
+            //   Or defining it in a way / place so it can be started isomorphically.
+            //     Though it may make sense to do more to transfer models from the server to the client, with their data.
+            //       However, reconstructing models from the (values in) the DOM could make a lot of sense.
+            //       Having it read the DOM to create its DOM model, then from that its view.data model, then its data model.
+
+
+            
+
+
+
+
+
+            const ti2 = new Text_Field({
+                context,
+
+                text: 'B',
+                data: {
+                    model: this.data.model
+                }
+
+
+                //label: {
+                //    text: 'A checkbox'
+                //}
+            })
+
+            window.inner.add(ti2);
+
+            this.body.add(window);
+
+
+
+            // ._ctrl_fields should automatically be set up.
+            //   Also make it so when there are 0 entries in there it won't render the DOM attribute.
+
+            // First get the MVC properly and explicitly working accross some more controls.
+            //   If any abstractions come really easily then do that.
+            //     Maybe a DMVM_Control could be very effective soon.
+
+            // An 'adjuster' control could possibly have no 'data model' of its own.
+            // It could be set up to adjust either a data model, or a view model.
+
+            
+
+            
+            this._ctrl_fields = this._ctrl_fields || {};
+            this._ctrl_fields.ti1 = ti1;
+            this._ctrl_fields.ti2 = ti2;
+
+
+        }
+        if (!spec.el) {
+            compose();
+        }
+    }
+    activate() {
+        if (!this.__active) {
+            super.activate();
+            const {context, ti1, ti2} = this;
+
+            console.log('activate Demo_UI');
+
+            //field(this.data.model, 'value');
+            // and events dealing with changes to those tis.
+
+            // ti1, ti2.
+
+            // Some kind of tracking of what the event initiator could help?
+            //   Automatically avoiding feedback somehow???
+            //     If it gets changed to its current value it does not push the change...?
+
+
+            // a non-dom change???
+            //   or basically .view.model.change even????
+
+            // ti1.view.model.on('change') could be much clearer, disambiguating it from a dom change event.
+            //  assign .view.model events ....?
+            //    doing this on a lower level would help.
+
+            // Just creating .view and .view.model objects (getters and setters specified) in jsgui3-html will help
+            // when referring to them.
+
+            // Maybe see about better reconstruction....
+
+            //console.log('ti1.data.model', ti1.data.model);
+            //console.log('ti2.data.model', ti2.data.model);
+
+            
+
+            const activate_demo_ui_data_model = () => {
+                console.log('ti1.data.model === ti2.data.model', ti1.data.model === ti2.data.model);
+
+                if (ti1.data.model === ti2.data.model) {
+
+                } else {
+
+                    // Should not need this code.
+                    //   Want decent low/mid level code to send the info to the client so the client can automatically reconstruct it.
+                    ///    Maybe a different function as standard to assign isomorphic things.
+
+
+                    // What about (just) using a Data_Value???
+                    // Data_Value_Model?
+                    // Data_Model_Value???
+
+                    // Just stick to Data_Value for now.
+
+
+
+                    const dm = new Data_Value({context});
+                    //field(dm, 'value');
+                    ti1.data.model = dm;
+                    ti2.data.model = dm;
+
+                    // But then need to get them to reassign their data model change listeners....?
+                    //   value change even....
+
+                    ti1.assign_data_model_value_change_handler();
+                    ti2.assign_data_model_value_change_handler();
+
+
+                }
+            }
+
+            activate_demo_ui_data_model();
+
+            
+
+            // Create a new data_model (and view_model?) for both of them?
+            //   The view_model gets created by default and does not need to be shared (and should not be)
+
+
+
+
+
+            // ti1.value.on('change') ????
+            //   where the value is an Evented_Class or even Data_Object????
+            //    and where we can also get the value out of it easily / do so automatically, maybe within other useful functions.
+
+
+            // ti1.model.on('change') ????
+            //  or .view.model to be most specific for the moment...?
+            //   and raise those events within the controls on those .view.model objects.
+
+            // Maybe just try it on Text_Field for the moment.
+
+
+
+            // Need to work on having it update the dom with value changes....
+
+            const old_activate_changes = () => {
+
+                ti1.model.on('change', e => {
+                    //console.log('ti1 change e', e);
+
+
+                    if (e.property_name === 'value') {
+                        if (e.value !== e.old) {
+                            ti2.value = e.value;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // setting ti2.view.model.value even????
+                    
+
+                    
+
+                })
+                ti2.model.on('change', e => {
+                    //console.log('ti2 change e', e);
+
+                    // 
+
+                    if (e.value !== e.old) {
+                        ti1.value = e.value;
+                    }
+
+                    
+                })
+            }
+
+            
+
+            // listen for change events.
+            //   would be nice to know which change events originated from the user interacting with that specific HTML element (or ctrl???)
+
+            // e.from_user === true test.
+
+            // e.user_initiated_on_this ????
+
+
+
+
+            //console.log('activate Demo_UI');
+            // listen for the context events regarding frames, changes, resizing.
+
+            context.on('window-resize', e_resize => {
+                
+                // Could see about having some window contents bound through CSS to the size of the window.
+                //   Though having a framework of adjusting CSS from the JS on-the-fly could work too.
+
+                // May be done with the 'bind' mixin, or will make more specific mixins to do things like bind
+                //   a control to the space within another control, space within a specific part of that control.
+
+                // Or bind to parent size. That should be possible with CSS though.
+                //   May make some controls make more use of CSS by default
+                //   Or having an absolutely positioned box model used extensively could avoid some ambiguity, though
+                //     making use of and supporting generally respected CSS features will help too.
+
+                //console.log('window-resize', e_resize);
+
+                // Make all internal controls go absolute in terms of position
+                //   Remove them from their containers too?
+                //   Ie their containing divs?
+
+                // Would be nice to do this really simple with a fn call or very simple piece of code.
+                // Like get absolute position, set position to be absolute, move to that position.
+                // Maybe something within jsgui3-client helps with this, this is more about what needs to be done on the client.
+                //   Though recognising perf implications, it's (more) OK to include client-side functionality in jsgui3-html.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+            });
+
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Include this in bundling.
+//  Want CSS bundling so that styles are read out from the JS document and compiled to a stylesheet.
+
+//controls.Demo_UI = Demo_UI;
+
+// A css file may be an easier way to get started...?
+//  Want to support but not require css in js.
+
+// But need to set up the serving of the CSS both on the server, and on the client.
+//  Ofc setting it up on the server first is important - then can that stage set it up in the doc sent to the client?
+
+// Including the CSS from the JS like before.
+//  Needs to extract the CSS and serve it as a separate CSS file.
+//  Should also have end-to-end regression tests so this does not break again in the future.
+//   The code was kind of clunky and got refactored away.
+//   
+
+// Would need to parse the JS files to extract the CSS.
+//  Maybe could do it an easier way??? Now that it's easy, want a faster way.
+
+
+Demo_UI.css = `
+
+* {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+body {
+    overflow-x: hidden;
+    overflow-y: hidden;
+    background-color: #E0E0E0;
+}
+
+.demo-ui {
+    
+    /* 
+
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    
+    flex-direction: column; 
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+    text-align: center;
+    min-height: 100vh;
+    */
+    
+}
+`;
+
+// But may want to remove them from that flex upon picking up / dropping them.
+//  Maybe best upon drop.
+
+// Maybe want other examples that use absolute positioning to position the items at the start?
+// 
+
+
+
+//controls.Square_Box = Square_Box;
+// could export jsgui with the updated controls....
+//  so that they are in the correct Page Context.?
+
+
+controls.Demo_UI = Demo_UI;
+
+module.exports = jsgui;
+
+/*
+module.exports = {
+    Square_Box: Square_Box,
+    Demo_UI: Demo_UI
+}
+*/
+
+// Then if window...?
+
+// Need to add the Square_Box control to the context or original map of controls...
+