Forum OpenACS Q&A: am I the only one who missed the prototype builder?

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1: am I the only one who missed the prototype builder?
Posted by Jonathan Ellis on 05/17/01 05:57 AM
The prototype builder is my new favorite toy. I hate writing html so the (perfectly usable) rough drafts turned out by the prototype builder are really handy to me. How about adding a note to the getting started guide, Roberto? It's not really publicized anywhere that I could see and I think it's a real timesaver.
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2: Response to am I the only one who missed the prototype builder? (response to 1)
Posted by Todd Gillespie on 05/17/01 10:12 PM
"missed" as in didn't notice, or "missed" as in nostalgic longing?

I've added some mods to the prototype builder, mostly ways to input queries to build components rather than straight values in the form widgets. That's been a big time save for me. It would be trivial for a more senior person to duplicate, but if no one else has, I'll post it once I get back from Austin next week.

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Posted by Michael Feldstein on 05/18/01 12:43 AM
If this packaged gets revived and ported to 4.x, it would be nice if
it integrated with the portals package so you could quickly build a
form into a new portlet.
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Posted by Janine Ohmer on 05/18/01 05:15 PM
I ported it to 4.x for the project I'm working on, but it still has some
bugs I haven't had time to fix.  I'll release it as soon as I can, but
can't promise when that will be.  It's not perfect as far as 4.x
conventions go, and in fact since it was the first 4.x work I did I
probably need to go over it again and make sure there isn't
anything glaringly wrong with it.  It does work, though, and it's
very helpful.  Especially for admin pages.
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5: Response to am I the only one who missed the prototype builder? (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Feldstein on 05/30/01 04:07 AM
I've been thinking lately that user profiles are one area in which
there is usually a fair amount of customization in terms of adding
fields and so on. Would it make sense to build a limited version
of the prototyping tool into the registration admin so that
site-wide administrators could set the profile fields without
programming?
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6: Response to am I the only one who missed the prototype builder? (response to 1)
Posted by Troy Bradley on 05/30/01 11:48 AM
I, for one, would welcome such an extension!
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Posted by Robert Locke on 06/06/01 10:46 AM
Related to this, has anyone compiled a list that represents the union of all the modules that have ever existed across all the ACS platforms ((Classic|Open)ACS(3.x|4.x)), including some of the more obscure/stand-alone ones that never made it into the main distributions?

I guess a part of me just wants to make sure there are no obviously useful/important modules that aren't being included in the porting effort, such as Prototype Builder, which, I have to agree, is pretty darn cool.

And, of course, we could use the Spreadsheet module to track this information.  (You remember the spreadsheet module, don't you? 😉