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Aphid To-Do List

Packaging

Documentation

  • Add overview documentation on how to start a new project with Aphid that covers both initialization scenarios: fully dynamic and asynchronous and from a static document.

  • Copy all of the inline TODOs to TODO.markdown.

Compatibility

  • Add support for placeholders on block elements to IE and also automatically strip out whitespace on elements with the data-placeholder attribute so that the CSS rule will be applied on supporting browsers.

  • Add support for loading IE-specific CSS overrides via JavaScript so that we no longer require the use of IE comment conditionals.

Tools

Library

General

  • Formally define and implement the concepts of class options (i.e. ListView#options = { isSortable: ... } instead of ListView#isSortable), public (ListView#items) and private (ListView#_itemElements) properties.

  • Formally define mixins for delegate protocols (i.e. Aphid.UI.View.DelegateMethods).

  • Possibly introduce the concept of Layout controllers (examples might included TabbedLayoutController, ToolbarLayoutController, etc).

Aphid.Model

  • Add support for pluggable backends (i.e. Node.js, Rails, etc) since each service may need to serialize and save differently.

  • Add more callbacks and delegates to the workflow (i.e. beforeSave, beforeLoad, afterInitialize, beforeInitialize, etc).

  • Add proper relationship support and clarify the meaning of a proxy versus a relationship.

  • Document and test the hash syntax for proxied attribute values.

Aphid.Support.Logger

Aphid.Support.Properties

  • Add support for calling setters for property values that are defined directly on a class (i.e. "constrained: true" in a SplitViewController subclass).

  • Formalize support for persisting class properties. You should be able to mark certain properties as persist-able and calling persistProperties() or some other method signature should persist those properties to the session.

Aphid.UI.ListView

  • When clearing the selection, a callback should be called for subclasses so that they can act on the selection change just like the delegate is called now.

  • Figure out a good pattern for reusing list view items when reloading data instead of recreating each list view item each time that reload data is called.

  • Honor selection state when initializing from HTML.

  • Add tests for sorting behavior.

  • Implement (fix) support for scrolling list views when dragging list view items to the edge of the container when overflow is in use. There are a lot of problems with this in current script.aculo.us, including incompatibility with Prototype 1.7 and issues with the dragged item not respecting the scroll offset when being scrolled.

  • Add tests and documentation for persisted item support.

Aphid.UI.LoadingIndicatorView

  • Add tests.

  • Add support for a CSS-based animation for browsers that support it.

Aphid.UI.MatrixView

  • Implement MatrixViewItem for managing each item within a MatrixView instance, much like ListViewItems are handled by ListView instances.

  • Change to using a focus model.

  • Add an option for toggling multiple selection (and drag selection) support on or off.

  • Drag selection needs to honor the scrolling offset of its containing view.

Aphid.UI.SplitViewController

  • Add support for setting the split view style (standard, padded or borderless) and document how to add new styles.

  • Give SplitViewController its own 2 views: firstView, secondView. Instead of assigning these views, we should say splitView.firstView.addSubview or splitView.firstView.setView.

  • Allow min-width/max-width to be enforced on the second view. When resizing and the max-width or max-height of the first view has not been met but the min-width or min-width of the second view has been met, resizing should be stopped.

  • Automatically position and size the drag handle based on the following formulas:

    • Vertical Split Views: (secondView.left - (firstView.left + firstView.width + (firstView.borderWidth * 2)))
    • Horizontal Split Views: (secondView.top - (firstView.top + firstView.height + (firstView.borderWidth * 2)))

  • Implement double-click support (both with a callback and default behavior minimizing the first pane).

  • Add resizing support to Internet Explorer 7 thru 9.

  • Fix the problem where resizing a split view in borderless mode will add the width of the dragHandle to the secondView.

  • Investigate the possibility of subclassing Aphid.UI.ListView for a Aphid.UI.TabView subclass. A tab view is basically a list that requires selection support, which is something that Aphid.UI.ListView already does, therefore, the two classes are already very similar. Another option would be to extract the list selection functionality into a mixin that can be included in both classes.

Aphid.UI.TabViewController

  • Add support for switching between content sets. The current implementation only registers for events and manages the delegate calls to make the delegate aware that the tab view changed, leaving the content switching up to the delegate. This class needs to be able to stand on its own.

  • Split Aphid.UI.TabViewController into Aphid.UI.TabView, for managing tab views themselves, and Aphid.UI.TabViewController for using a TabView as a full view controller.

  • Investigate the possibility of subclassing Aphid.UI.ListView for a Aphid.UI.TabView subclass. A tab view is basically a list that requires selection support, which is something that Aphid.UI.ListView already does, therefore, the two classes are already very similar. Another option would be to extract the list selection functionality into a mixin that can be included in both classes.

  • Add tests for selection persistence.

Aphid.UI.Controls.SelectView

  • Add support for Internet Explorer 7.

  • Ensure that we are observing for change events on the original SELECT element.

  • Need to validate the element before initializing to make sure it is a and multiple="false". Add support for detecting the "nearest" letter during type-ahead find. Add support for matching more than just the first letter if typed in succession within a buffer timeout interval. Finish writing documentation for the SelectView control. Add tests for the SelectView control. Aphid.UI.View Formalize event handling support by automatically observing views when the view subclass defines event handling methods (i.e. MyView#onClick()). Add support for initializing views from outlets with custom templates defined as the data-template attribute on the outlet element. Add support for specifying the delegate and dataSource properties for views that are initialized by outlet with data-* attributes that will evaluate to properties on the view that owns the outlet. Add support for caching views that are loaded from a template on a class level for reuse without re-requesting the template from the server. Improve testing for asynchronous and non-asynchronous loading, including proper callback and delegate testing. Come up with a universal way to initialize new views from data-view-class, instead of having various implementations throughout the view stack (such as in Aphid.UI.ListView). Replace _setupView with setElement. Add tests for adding, setting and removing subviews, including tests to cover attempts to add or set a subview that is already a subview. Re-engineer _connectToOutlets so that it properly constructs the view stack. Currently, the superview is always assigned to the view that owns the template (where the outlet is connected) where that may not always be the correct view hierarchy. Aphid.UI.ViewController Fix modal view presentation with the new overlay support in Aphid.UI.Window. Aphid.UI.Window