[Zope] Rich client side questions

[Tres Seaver]

Jody Winston <jody@sccsi.com>, wrote:

> I have a project which fits very well with Zope's view of the world,
> except for the client side GUI[1].  I need the ability to directly
> manipulate objects with a minimum amount of traffic going back to the
> server[2].  I'm currently leaning toward using Java applets that use a
> CORBA like protocol with Swing[3].

Suppose you write IDL for the "rich" interactions, and use Fnorb or ILU to build
a server which implements those interactions using ZPublisher.Client;  the
client side would then be a CORBA-enabled Java applet.  Would that fit your
model?  I have been considering a similar idea, at least in part to allow some
of the "rich editing" that the WYSIWIG thread has been discussing.

> 
> The Java solution solves the interaction issues, but cuts out Zope as
> a method of getting data to the Java applet.  The questions are:
>   o Any other ideas besides Java to do the client side work?
>   o If, I'm stuck using Java should I add a protocol such as NTTP-NG
>     to Zope?
>   o How well does Zope without Apache serve up applets?
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1]  HTML isn't going to cut it.
> 
> [2] One example of this mode of interaction would be a plot.  The user
> creates a plot and interacts by clicking and selecting the plotted
> objects.  Another example is sweeping out a region with a mouse.
> 
> [3]  It may be HTTP-NG or IIOP.
> 
> Jody Winston

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