enhancements
An endpoint can now “call” JavaScript functions that accept multiple parameters, by specifying an array, e.g.:
{:some_js_function => [arg1, arg2]}
New API: js_mixin method (see RDocs)
Set JS class property load_mask_msg if you want to see a mask when a component gets dynamically loaded with loadComponent. Also load_mask_msg_cls will be used as the second param for the Ext.Element#mask call, and defaults to “x-mask-loading”.
bug fix
The “componentload” event now gets fired after a component is dynamically loaded. The handler receives the instance of the loaded component.
Feedback does not insert a new div every time being called
JS class caching was broken for name-scoped classes
When a component was dynamically loaded into a hidden container, it wasn’t shown when the container got shown next time
enhancements
Implemented Netzke.isLoading(), useful for testing
Persistence support
API change
endpoint DSL call now results in a method called
Using api for endpoint declaration is gone
The ext_config option is back, deprecated.
Introduced the Symbol#component method to declare components in the config (instead of now deprecated js_component).
Disabled buggy implementation of rendering on-page JS classes in netzke.js instead of main page.
Rails3 compatibility, thorough rewrite
Much more thorough testing
API backward incompatibility
ext_config config level is removed; put all that configuration in the top level
mentioning actions in the bbar, tbar, etc, should be explicit, e.g.:
:bbar => [:apply.action, :delete.action]
late_aggregatee is now lazy_loading
aggregatees are now components
widgets are now components, too
api is now endpoint
persistent_config_enabled? is now persistence_enabled?
Using the js_extend_properties class method in your components in deprecated (and maybe even broken). Use js_property (or js_properties) and js_method instead (see multiple examples in test/rails_app)
the load_component_with_cache endpoint renamed to deliver_component
New
ext helper in the views to embed any (pure) Ext component into a view
component DSL method to declare child components
config DSL method to set the configuration of an instance
action DSL method to configure actions
js_method DSL method to define (public) methods in JS class
js_property DSL method to define (public) properties in JS class
endpoint DSL method to define server endpoints
Different deprecations throughout the code
Fix: Getting rid of deprecation warnings about tasks not sitting in lib.
Ext 3.2.1
Fix: Netzke::Base.before_load is now also called for the widgets embedded directly into a view.
New: support for external stylesheets.
Fix: the “value” column type has been changed to text to prevent migration problems is some cases
New: global_persistent_config method allows accessing persistent storage with no owner (widget) assigned
New: any widget can now implement before_api_call interceptor. If it returns anything but empty hash, it’ll be used as the result of any API call to this widget. The interceptor receives as parameter the name of the API call issued and the arguments. Use it to implement authorization.
Fix: got the Ext’s state provider out of the way (thank you for all the confusion)
Compatibility with Ext 3.1.1
New: Netzke.page object now contains all the widgets declared on the page
Code: replaced (references to) deprecated function names
Compatibility with Ext 3.1.0
API change: Netzke widget’s now should be declared directly in the views instead of controllers.
API change: all ExtJS and Netzke JavaScript and styles are now loaded with the help of netzke_init helper.
API change: persistence_key option replaces persistent_config_id option.
Impr: headers in panels in the “config” mode now show the widget’s global ID.
New: required ExtJS version check introduced at initial Netzke load.
Depr: :widget_class_name option is deprecated, use :class_name.
DRY: now there’s no need to always define “actions” method, use it to override the defaults, which are automatically calculated based on configuration for toolbars/menu.
Impr: each generated JS class now has its unique xtype, e.g. “netzkegridpanel”.
Fix: FeedbackGhost moved over from netzke-basepack.
Fix: Hash#convert_keys and Array#convert_keys in core extensions are now renamed into deep_convert_keys, and now always plainly do what they’re expected to do: recursively convert keys according to given block.
Regression: fixing inheritance and caching.
FeedbackGhost is too simple to be a Netzke widget (having no server part), so, moved to static JavaScript.
API change: Netzke::Base: id_name accessor renamed to global_id
Code: several internal code changes
Code: lightly better test coverage
New: Netzke::Base#global_id_by_reference method
Compatibility: resolving conflicts with the api property in some Ext v3.0 components
Fix: deliver_component was throwing exception when the requested component wasn’t defined
New: persistent_config_id configuration option allows specifying an id by which persistent configuration is identified for the widget. Handy if different homogeneous widgets need to share the same persistent configuration.
New: Netzke::Base#persistent_config method now accepts an optional boolean parameter signalizing that the configuration is global (not bound to a widget)
Impr: cleaner handling of actions and toolbars; fbar configuration introduced.
Impr: calling an API method now provides for the result value (if return by the server) in the callback.
Impr: allows name spaced creation of Netzke widgets, e.g. widgets can now be defined under any module under Netzke, not only directly under Netzke.
New: support for Ext.Window-based widgets (it’ll call show() on them when the “*_widget_render“ helper is used).
API change: default handlers for actions and tools are now supposed to be prefixed with “on”. E.g.: if you declare an action named clear_table, the handler must be called (in Ruby) on_clear_table (mapped to onClearTable in JavaScript).
Internal: the JavaScript instance now knows if persistent config is enabled (by checking this.persistentConfig).
Fix: solving the “Node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy” problem by being more strict with duplicated IDs for elements on the same page.
Fix: Ext 3.0 compatibility.
Impr: getChildComponent now allows referring to a widget like this: “parent__parent__some_widget__some_nested_widget“
Fix: reworking loadComponent()-related code, closing a security flaw when a malicious browser could send any configuration options to instantiate the widget being loaded.
Fix: the API call (at the JavaScript side) was ignoring the callback parameter.
Impr: if the array of API points is empty, it’s not added into js_config anymore.
New: new testing widgets in netzke_controller.
Fix: extra CSS includes now take effect.
New: Support for masquerading as “World”. In this mode all the “touched” persistent preferences will be overwritten for all roles and users.
Version bumb to force github rebuild the gem (Manifest is now included)
Major refactoring.
Netzke doesn’t overwrite session[:user] anymore to not cause authentication-related problems.
Fix: persistent_config_manager can now be set to nil, and it will work fine
Refactor: got rid of NetzkeLayout model, now all layouts are stored in netzke_preferences
New: persistent_config now has a method for_widget that accepts a block
autotest compatibility
New: String#to_b converts a string to true/false
New: Netzke::Base.session introduced for session data
New: weak_children_config and strong_children_config can now be declared by a widget, which specifies weak and strong configuration that every child of this widget will receive (e.g. display/hide configuration tool)
Fix: (degradation) flash message is now shown again in case of erroneous attempt to load a widge
New: widgets now can check session[:netzke_just_logged_in] and session[:netzke_just_logged_out] automatically set by Netzke after login/logout
Introduction of getOwnerComponent()-method to Ext.Component. It provides the Netzke widget this Component belongs to.
Removed dependency on ‘json’ gem.
Rails v2.3.2 compatibility.
Actions, toolbars and tools reworked for easier configuration.
Menus introduced (based on actions).
Significant code clean-up.
Bug fix (nasty one): Ext.widgetMixIn was getting messed up along with dynamic widget loading.
Must work in IE now.
Support for extra javascripts and stylesheets per widget.
QuickTips get initialized now, as otherwise Ext 2.2.1 doesn’t properly destroy() BoxComponents for me.
FeedackGhost is now capable of displaying multiple flash messages.
Dependencies slightly refactored.
An informative exception added to Base#component_instance.
JS-level inheritance enabled.
Work-around for the problem with Ext 2.2.1 in loadComponent.
Events “
component_missing method added to Netzke::Base - called when a non-existing aggregate of a widget is tried to be invoked
Code readability improvements.
Minor code restructuring.
Some minor improvements.
FeedbackGhost will show the feedback on the top of the screen independent of the page scrolling.
Ext.Panel#loadComponent will accept null as url to delete the currently loaded widget
Bug fix: persistent_config works again
js_ext_config instance method added for overwriting
Multiuser support
Using Rails.logger for logging
“config”-class method for every class inheriting Netzke::Base - for class-level configurations
Fixed the path to ext-base-min.js for production mode.
Also works in Safari now.
Some re-factoring and redesign. Now simple compound widgets can be created on the fly in the controller
Added ext_widget[:quiet] configuration option to suppress widget’s feedback
Support for extra CSS sources, similar to JS
NETZKE_BOOT_CONFIG introduced to specify which Netzke functionality should be disabled to reduce the size of /netzke/netzke.[js|css]
FeedbackGhost widget added - invisible widget providing feedback to the user
netzke_widget controller class-method renamed into netzke
JS-comments now get stripped also from the extra files that get included in the netzke-* gems.
Permissions joined js_config
Bug fixes
Helpers added to facilitate ExtJS/netzke.js inclusion
The route defined for netzke_controller
netzke.html.erb-layout is not needed anymore, so not produced by the generator
Now compliant with Rails’ forgery protection
Generators fixed
Fixed the bug with
Meta: moving from GitHub to RubyForge
Inter-widget dependencies code reworked
JS-class code generation code slightly reworked
Meta: fix outdated Manifest
Meta work: replacing underscore with dash in the name
Initial release
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