[Grok-doc] Doc Grokstars Report

Sebastian Ware sebastian at urbantalk.se
Mon Mar 15 06:27:38 EDT 2010


IMHO you completed the objective of the task, and you did it by the  
deadline, so you will absolutely be getting your first, pristine,  
grokstar!

You know they say that the first star allways shines a bit  
brighter... :)

Mvh Sebastian

15 mar 2010 kl. 05.50 skrev Steve Schmechel:

> I retracted the "Automatic form generation" howto for now.   
> Hopefully, it can be replaced by the the new YUI tutorial.
>
> I went through the "Working with forms" tutorial again with Grok  
> version 1.1rc1 and verified that it is in order.
>
> I also went through the "Handling file uploads with zope.app.file  
> and zope.file" howto, (which has been on my list for a while) and  
> added some contextual example code so that users could try out the  
> code.
>
> I don't know how this all equates in terms of Grokstars, but I am  
> happy with whatever is decided.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Sebastian Ware <sebastian at urbantalk.se> wrote:
>
>> From: Sebastian Ware <sebastian at urbantalk.se>
>> Subject: Re: [Grok-doc] Doc Grokstars Report
>> To: "Steve Schmechel" <steveschmechel at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "grok-doc" <grok-doc at mail.zope.org>
>> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 2:58 AM
>> 17 feb 2010 kl. 17.05 skrev Steve
>> Schmechel:
>>
>>> You can confirm me for this task:
>>>
>>> TASK: Merge "Automatic form generation" howto with
>> forms tutorial
>>> (pending Steve)
>>>
>>> After giving the items a quick look again, I am not
>> sure that the
>>> "Automatic form generation" howto adds anything to the
>> tutorial.  Most
>>> "form generation" concepts are covered more thoroughly
>> in the tutorial.
>>>
>>> The howto does show the use of the DropDownDateWidget,
>> but that is
>>> problematic due to dependencies on z3c.javascript (At
>> least that was a
>>> problem.  I would have to retest the howto to be
>> sure it still is.)  It
>>> also demonstrates a really simple use of TinyMCE.
>>>
>>> The date picker could probably be better served with a
>> hidden form field
>>> and some client-side JavaScript.  I could try to
>> enhance the "Mammoth"
>>> forms with some JavaScript stuff to make them "cooler"
>> when editing, but
>>> I tend to think keeping the concepts separate (and
>> providing links to
>>> the "soon-to-be-written" AJAX tutorials) might be
>> better for beginners.
>>>
>>> I did once start to write a "do everything in one
>> tutorial"
>>> instructional document and, judging from the lack of
>> response, I think
>>> the length and time commitment required just scared
>> people away before
>>> they even got started.
>>>
>>> Put me down for having them merged by March
>> 15th.  I have some house
>>> remodeling projects that are quite time consuming and
>> I don't want to
>>> miss out on any Grokstars!  Of course, if you pay
>> Grokstars out early
>>> upon completion of the work, I may consider doing this
>> first, because
>>> "infinite fortune" would bring "great happiness" to my
>> remodeling
>>> endeavors. ;-)
>>>
>>
>>
>> Good points. Maybe worth breaking out some of the specific
>> parts of the howto not covered in the tutorial into a more
>> specific and aptly named howtos "Howto implement TinyMCE
>> custom widget".
>>
>> Anyway, I can promise infinite fortune and great happiness,
>> about the timing however. Lets just says it will be handed
>> to you grokwilling (inshgrok for those of other native
>> tongues).
>>
>> Mvh Sebastian
>>
>>
>>
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