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Bhasker V Kode
Hi,
I just wanted to share with everyone a new project that i'm launching
today called the Returnable Project ( http://returnable.org )
Returnable serves as a open-platform architectural guide to advance
the use of the URL as a DSL for specifying 3 traits : content,its
delivery ,and its behaviour on the web through the use of Returnable
elements embedded within web pages .
It's a personal project but quite a bit of javascript ,php ,url
rewrite ,regex and css hacking spread over a few months of research
and prototypes .
You could call it a way to create events using html as the API,if you
have the initial script added to the DOM.here is a simple example .
step1: add the script
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://returnable.org/returnable-
core.js"></script>
step2: add a returnable elements
<span><returnable href='http://onhover.local.returnable.org/
tooltip.text/this is somethin/'>Hover over this for a cool tooltip</
returnable>
<span><returnable href='http://onclick.local.returnable.org/
tooltip.text/this is somethin/'>Hover over this for a cool tooltip</
returnable>
=> thats it ! ... some of the afvantages are that u can have line
breaks, future version will also have html. With this architecture in
place, the simple text can be replaced with content from another
source.
This is a proof of concept. It can be particularly used by bloggers
who need'nt code . just give the corresponing html . as of the launch
today ,only tooltip return types exists. others to be added are -
alerts , widgets,maps and so on.
This may appeal to web developers and bloggers . It's a framework to
add simple event driven programming for those who dont want to type
code. But powerful all the same because of the DSL and API.
For bloggers who are looking for an easy way to have tooltips (in
javascript enabled blogs) ,this could nbe a great utility. You can go
through the site to see demos on how to create intuitive tooltips (and
more apps coming soon) with just one line of code (apart from the
script node to be added initially )
I finally have the working prototypes ,and the project website website
on sourceforge,as well as the official website (returnable.org)
running since then. I plan to add support for storage of tooltips on
the server , new returnable types like widgets, maps , and so on which
will be much easier now that the main architecture is working across
browsers 8 )
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Official website
http://returnble.org
My blog post announcement
http://bosky101.blogspot.com/2007/05/introducing-returnable-project.html
sourceforge project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/returnable/ .
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Keep Clicking,
Bhasker V Kode
Lead Architect, The Returnable Project
kode at returnable.org
I just wanted to share with everyone a new project that i'm launching
today called the Returnable Project ( http://returnable.org )
Returnable serves as a open-platform architectural guide to advance
the use of the URL as a DSL for specifying 3 traits : content,its
delivery ,and its behaviour on the web through the use of Returnable
elements embedded within web pages .
It's a personal project but quite a bit of javascript ,php ,url
rewrite ,regex and css hacking spread over a few months of research
and prototypes .
You could call it a way to create events using html as the API,if you
have the initial script added to the DOM.here is a simple example .
step1: add the script
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://returnable.org/returnable-
core.js"></script>
step2: add a returnable elements
<span><returnable href='http://onhover.local.returnable.org/
tooltip.text/this is somethin/'>Hover over this for a cool tooltip</
returnable>
<span><returnable href='http://onclick.local.returnable.org/
tooltip.text/this is somethin/'>Hover over this for a cool tooltip</
returnable>
=> thats it ! ... some of the afvantages are that u can have line
breaks, future version will also have html. With this architecture in
place, the simple text can be replaced with content from another
source.
This is a proof of concept. It can be particularly used by bloggers
who need'nt code . just give the corresponing html . as of the launch
today ,only tooltip return types exists. others to be added are -
alerts , widgets,maps and so on.
This may appeal to web developers and bloggers . It's a framework to
add simple event driven programming for those who dont want to type
code. But powerful all the same because of the DSL and API.
For bloggers who are looking for an easy way to have tooltips (in
javascript enabled blogs) ,this could nbe a great utility. You can go
through the site to see demos on how to create intuitive tooltips (and
more apps coming soon) with just one line of code (apart from the
script node to be added initially )
I finally have the working prototypes ,and the project website website
on sourceforge,as well as the official website (returnable.org)
running since then. I plan to add support for storage of tooltips on
the server , new returnable types like widgets, maps , and so on which
will be much easier now that the main architecture is working across
browsers 8 )
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
Official website
http://returnble.org
My blog post announcement
http://bosky101.blogspot.com/2007/05/introducing-returnable-project.html
sourceforge project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/returnable/ .
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Keep Clicking,
Bhasker V Kode
Lead Architect, The Returnable Project
kode at returnable.org