[Zope] Re: Best Practice for including Javascript in Zope Applications

[Tres Seaver]

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Matt Hollingsworth wrote:

> I'm new to developing for zope, and I have a quick question regarding some
> best practices when using Javascript in zope applications.
> 
> 
> I would like to use Ext JS (http://www.extjs.com/ ) in an application that I
> am writing.  It is a fairly extensive library, so I didn't really want to
> copy/paste every single file into a dtml method.  I looked all over the
> place for some discussion on this subject, but only found things relating to
> plone (which apparently has a javascript registry); however, I wish to stay
> away from plone for this particular application. 
> 
> What should I do to use these libraries?  Is there a canned solution for
> this sort of thing?

The simplest route:

  - Create a "File" object in the ZMI for each separate javascript
    library (e.g., 'extlibrary.js').

  - Upload the static content of the library file to that object.

  - Include a link to the JS library in your master page template,
    e.g.::

     <script type="text/javascript" src="/extlibrary.js" />



Tres.
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