[Gambas-user] Gambas WebPage

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

This webpage does it replace the .form and .class files we use?


On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 21:18 +0100, Ron wrote:
> Benoit great news that we can start develop web pages. No idea what I need
> exactly. I will just start to play with it for my project and let you know
> what I think then.
> 
> Regards,
> Ron_2nd
> Op 28 jan. 2012 18:57 schreef "M. Cs." <mohareve at ...626...> het volgende:
> 
> > Will it be possible to display a native HTML/PHP code in it like in
> > <iframe>...</iframe> ? Why to depend on ASP?
> >
> > Csaba
> >
> > 2012/1/28, Sebastian Kulesz <sebikul at ...626...>:
> > > I really like this idea, it makes an application really versatile.
> > > What I think is that before starting to code it you must define some
> > > things.
> > >
> > > First, the security implications. Will real webpages be able to use
> > > that syntax?. A nice feature would be a whitelist of allowed pages
> > > that can be executed within a form, maybe with the include tag.
> > >
> > > Second, and most important.  How would you manage to call each event
> > > of a form input object, like a textbox? How could someone use the
> > > value of a textbox, for example? What happens if two form objects have
> > > the same "name" attribute? When an input button is pressed, the user
> > > is normally redirected to the "action" webpage, will you override this
> > > to execute an event and let the user choose?
> > >
> > > Third, about the links. A nice syntax would be
> > > gambas://FormName/Method/Param1/Param2/...
> > >
> > > That's all I could think of. Thanks for all the work!!
> > >
> > > On 28/01/2012, at 07:07, "Benoît Minisini"<gambas at ...1...>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> I have started the support of a new kind of "form" in the IDE, the
> > >> "WebPage".
> > >>
> > >> WebPage is an HTML page with ASP-like syntax. It is implemented in the
> > >> gb.web component.
> > >>
> > >> The IDE now can edit WebPage, but cannot compile them.
> > >>
> > >> Actually it is "just" a matter of modyfing the compiler so that the
> > >> WebPage is transformed into Gambas code that generates the final HTML.
> > >>
> > >> At the moment, the following ASP-like syntax will be implemented:
> > >>
> > >> - <% ... %> to insert any Gambas code.
> > >>
> > >> - <%= ... %> to insert the result of a Gambas expression. Html$() will
> > >> be automatically called.
> > >>
> > >> - Maybe something like <%INCLUDE ... %> to include a WebPage in another
> > >> one.
> > >>
> > >> Note that the WebPage is a file with a ".webpage" extension, and that,
> > >> they have their own class file attached (like any form).
> > >>
> > >> That way, you don't have to put all your code inside the HTML. Just what
> > >> is needed.
> > >>
> > >> Internally all WebPages will inherit the WebPage class, and will have a
> > >> "Render" method to render their contents (i.e. print to the standard
> > >> output - don't forget that a Gambas web application is a CGI script!).
> > >> They can be startup class too.
> > >>
> > >> I'd like to have the thoughts of Gambas users about that: what kind of
> > >> syntax you would like, what ideas you have...
> > >>
> > >> One idea I have would be a standard syntax for the URL received by the
> > >> CGI script, so that the displayed WebPage would be automatically
> > >> selected from it. It could be something as simple as
> > >> "http://myapp.com/<form name>".
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance for your comments.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Benoît Minisini
> > >>
> > >>
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