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

[Andreas Jung]

--On 2. Januar 2008 06:16:06 +0100 Andreas Jung <lists at zopyx.com> wrote:

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> --On 1. Januar 2008 21:16:21 -0500 Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com>
> wrote:
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>>> What should I do to use these libraries?  Is there a canned solution for
>>> this sort of thing?
>>
>> The simplest route:
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>>   - Create a "File" object in the ZMI for each separate javascript
>>     library (e.g., 'extlibrary.js').
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>>   - Upload the static content of the library file to that object.
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>>   - Include a link to the JS library in your master page template,
>>     e.g.::
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>>      <script type="text/javascript" src="/extlibrary.js" />
>>
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> Larger JS frameworks like Dojo tend to be split across several files and
> directories. The fun starts when such frameworks load/reload stuff
> using relative URLs. A co-worker using Dojo intensively had to invest
> some time in order to integrate such a JS monster properly. As far as I
> remember Extjs also uses multiple files (but not as much as Dojo
> does)..so please check in advance.
>
Another point: consider using CMF and putting your library files into a
directory system view on the filesystem. This makes your life much easier.

-aj
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