Comments on: A Lovely Box For Your Toolkit http://infrequently.org/2008/07/a-lovely-box-for-your-toolkit/ Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blue Sky On Mars » Dojo Toolbox around the web http://infrequently.org/2008/07/a-lovely-box-for-your-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-234754 Blue Sky On Mars » Dojo Toolbox around the web Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:29:58 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=686#comment-234754 [...] Russell mentions that we were able to port James Burke’s excellent work on the Rhino-based build tool that comes with Dojo. James did a great job on Dojo’s build [...] [...] Russell mentions that we were able to port James Burke’s excellent work on the Rhino-based build tool that comes with Dojo. James did a great job on Dojo’s build [...]

]]> By: Ben Lowery http://infrequently.org/2008/07/a-lovely-box-for-your-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-234753 Ben Lowery Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:26:42 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=686#comment-234753 I actually went and read the article over on SitePen. No ShrinkSafe support yet. :( That answers my question. I actually went and read the article over on SitePen. No ShrinkSafe support yet. :( That answers my question.

]]> By: Ben Lowery http://infrequently.org/2008/07/a-lovely-box-for-your-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-234752 Ben Lowery Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:23:19 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=686#comment-234752 Whoa, crazy. So how does the compression bit for the build work? Whoa, crazy. So how does the compression bit for the build work?

]]> By: Shane O'Sullivan http://infrequently.org/2008/07/a-lovely-box-for-your-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-234751 Shane O'Sullivan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:36:26 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=686#comment-234751 Nice little application. I especially like the API viewer. A few things that it would be good to see in there, which my 0.4.x DojoBuilder - http://dojobuilder.skynet.ie - had (by the way, "Being able to make local builds without delving to the command line ".... I made that possible a year and a half ago :-) ) - A profile builder. This lists the files available in the Dojo directory, and allows you to select which ones to include graphically. It then writes your profile file for you. You should also be able to specify the name and location of your custom namespaces, and these should be automatically placed in your profile file. - A SVN client to download various versions of Dojo for you, so users don't have to have one themselves. - The option to use the Packer compression (I know, there's pros and cons to it, but some people like it.) - A preview option for a profile, showing it's compressed and uncompressed size. This would make it easier to decide just what files you want in the profile. All in all though, this is an excellent first release. Nice little application. I especially like the API viewer.

A few things that it would be good to see in there, which my 0.4.x DojoBuilder – http://dojobuilder.skynet.ie – had (by the way, “Being able to make local builds without delving to the command line “…. I made that possible a year and a half ago :-) )

– A profile builder. This lists the files available in the Dojo directory, and allows you to select which ones to include graphically. It then writes your profile file for you. You should also be able to specify the name and location of your custom namespaces, and these should be automatically placed in your profile file.
– A SVN client to download various versions of Dojo for you, so users don’t have to have one themselves.
– The option to use the Packer compression (I know, there’s pros and cons to it, but some people like it.)
– A preview option for a profile, showing it’s compressed and uncompressed size. This would make it easier to decide just what files you want in the profile.

All in all though, this is an excellent first release.

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