[Z3lab] Q: Interest in separating model and views?

Dario Lopez-Kästen dario at ita.chalmers.se
Thu May 19 11:35:03 CEST 2005


Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> 
> Maybe we could think of a system that allows the zope server to work 
> like a pure xml content deliverer  *or* in it's classical way.
> but mixing ZPT views and XML rendering could make the whole thing very 
> complicated indeed.
> 
> Anyway, the xml version would let us create rich clients by using 
> javascript in ajax in a browser, but  also in any other UI technology. 
> (gtk, qt, etc...)
> (why focusing on browsers with such model ?)

yes, this is a very good point. Jean-Marc and I have discussed this 
internally on several occasions, and I feel that there is a window of 
opportunity.

Indeed, some of the work being done here, and lookng at some parts of 
CPSSkins that reminds me very much of good, old fashioned application 
building MVC-style :-)


> To get back on the knowledge base browser we've talked about, imo it 
> could be interesting to code a rich client based on a desktop UI, 
> besides the ajax version.
> 
> This will bring our ECM to the user desktop. I can think of  *many* 
> applications with this.

me too.

/dario

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