[TYPO3-50-general] a JS framework for TYPO3 5.0 and FLOW3

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Martin Kutschker wrote: on 27.04.2008 11:52:

> I have thought a bit about the JS problem after UI discussion on the list.
> 
> My conclusion is that TYPO3 5.0 or FLOW3 would benefit from a JS 
> framework that accompanies it. The base JS code could be independent, 
> but there would be some add-on code that ties PHP and JS together.
> 
> Why? The 5.0 team has laboured to create a new framework with a (new) 
> programming paradigm. It's only natural that the same paradigm is to be 
> used in all programming aspects of the application to be written. 
> Therefore the JS framework should also adhere to DDD, AOP etc. The 
> advantage is that any programmer doesn't need to "switch" between the 
> paradigms when he codes PHP and JS to create a FLOW3 web application.
> 
> Another advantage I see is that a tied JS framework could be used for 
> PHP/JS cross-language object persistence and other nice couplings.
> 
> Even more ambitious would be a JS generating PHP system like the Google 
> Web Toolkit. The ideas is that you need to know only one language. In 
> our case PHP (GWT is in Java).
> 
> That said, the team needs a qualified JS developer who evaluates the 
> existing JS frameworks and is willing to adopt FLOW3's paradigms for JS. 
> Ideally the result would be, like FLOW3, a sub-project for general use.

Yes, sounds like a good idea. I think that after evaluating the 
JS-frameworks, the "JS-guy" will come to the same conclusion as Robert 
came when he evaluated the PHP-framework: let's start our own. :)

Cheers,
Ernesto