AJAX Toolkit Framework
Robert Goodman (goodmanr@us.ibm.com)
Leugim (Gino) Bustelo (lbustelo@us.ibm.com )
IBM Software Group
November 29, 2006
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© 2002 IBM Corporation
Agenda
 Overview
 AJAX Toolkit Framework Components
 Component Details
 Where to get AJAX Toolkit Framework
 Demonstrations through-out
 ATF Based Products
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Overview
The AJAX Toolkit Framework (ATF) is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for
AJAX developers and an extensible framework for adding AJAX runtimes in to the IDE.
ATF is an open-source project in incubation phase on Eclipse.
Provides
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Tools to develop any DHTML/AJAX application
Tooling to facilitate use of various AJAX toolkits
Tight integration with the existing Eclipse user interface and development paradigm
Targets AJAX Application Developers and Toolkit Developers
Aims to provide an ever-expanding set of high-function tools for AJAX developers
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
AJAX Toolkit Framework are Eclipse
Plugins
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AJAX Toolkit
Framework
Eclipse WebTools
Mozilla
XULRunner & JavaXPCOM
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AJAX Toolkit Framework Components
Creating AJAX applications
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Drag and Drop Application Snippets
Browser Tooling
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DOM Source view, DOM Inspector, Browser Console, XHRequest Monitor, and
CSS Tools
JavaScriptTM Editor
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Integrated JavaScript editor with batch and as-you-type syntax validation
JavaScript Debugger
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Stack Frame, Variables and Script view
Embedded Mozilla Browser
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Run/Debug an Ajax application in the Embedded Mozilla Browser
Application Deployment
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Deployment of an AJAX Application to a server.
Personality Builder
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Ability to create tooling for AJAX toolkits
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
AJAX Toolkit Framework Components
Eclipse Plugins
DOM Inspector
And JavaScript
Console
Java Script
Debugger
Personalities
JavaScript Syntax
Validator
Embedded Mozilla Browser
Personality Builder
AJAX “X”
Dojo
Zimbra
Rico
Personality Personality Personality Personality
Rico
Zimbra
Dojo
Personality Common Libraries
Mozilla
XULRunner & JavaXPCOM
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Eclipse WebTools
Ajax-x
Ajax Application Creation
Support for three AJAX runtimes today
 Dojo, Rico, and Zimbra
 Personality Builder supports adding other AJAX runtimes.
Application Creation Wizard
 Template to create initial Ajax Application
 Drag and Drop snippets to Application Source File
Eclipse Projects
 Static Web Project, Dynamic Web Project, and PHP Projects
 Able to add in AJAX to existing project.
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JavaScript Editor
Enhanced Editor with Validation
 Integrated JavaScript editor
 Batch and as-you-type syntax validation
• Syntax checker based on the Mozilla Rhino engine
• Validator based on JSLint
 Detects undesirable or ambiguous constructs
considered to be bad practice
 JSLint errors are consider warnings.
Drag and Drop snippets to Application Source File
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Application Deployment
Multiple Server Types
 HTTP Web Server
 J2EE Servers
HTTP Web Server
 Support defining a HTTP Web Server in Eclipse
• Ability to specify publish directory
• Defining the HTTP server port
• Support for Home Page URLs (~username)
J2EE Servers
 Multiple J2EE Servers (Tomcat, JBOSS. etc.)
 Testing done using Tomcat
Publishing Options
 Automatically publish to server
 Never publish to server
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Embedded Mozilla Browser
Integrated the Mozilla Browser
Using XULRunner
Provides the engine for AJAX Tooling
 Debugger
 JavaScript Engine
 Browser Views
Mozilla perspective
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JavaScript Debugger
Breakpoints
 Ability to set breakpoints in JavaScript
 Any file type with JavaScript content (html, js, php).
 Breakpoints can be enable/disabled
Debug Views for JavaScript
 Call Stack
 Variables
 Breakpoints
 Scripts View
Expression Support
Debug Preference options
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URL Debugging/Running
Able to launch and debug an AJAX application
using a URL.
Application doesn’t have to reside in Eclipse.
All tooling supports handling files by URL.
 Editor
 Debugger
 Browser tooling
Breakpoint Management
 User has to manually delete breakpoints
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Browser Tooling
DOM Inspector
 Shows the DOM tree rendered by the Browser
 Dynamically updated to reflect changes within the browser
 Attributes of a node can be edited, added to, and removed
 A breadcrumb trail of hyperlinks is created for the node's path
DOM Source view
 Displays the HTML source of the selected DOM node
 Source can edited, validated, and updated back to the browser
 Notification of a DOM element's source being out of sync with
the browser
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Browser Tooling
Browser Console
 Shows all browser (i.e JavaScript, CSS) errors, warnings,
and logging messages
 Double clicking on an error opens to the relevant line of
code
XMLHTTPRequest Monitor
 Observe XMLHTTPRequest request/response
information
 Formatting of the response body based on content-types
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Browser Tooling
CSS View
 Style Rules
• Shows the rules and their defined properties
• Able to edit and add a property
• Open CSS file for the rule and property
• Highlights the DOM elements using a selected style rule or
property
 Computed Styles
• Shows every style rule computed by the browser
 Box Model
• Shows the dimensions, x-y coordinates, padding, border,
and margin information
 Diffs
• Shows the changes made to CSS rules and properties
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Personality Builder
A set of Wizards which accept:
 Artifact data (AJAX toolkit libraries)
 Build requirements data
 New application templates
 Code patterns
 Deployment data
Wizards output a ‘basic’ Personality Plugin
 The builder will provide necessary basic development
features targeted for AJAX toolkits
 Enables customization and addition of functionality
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Future Enhancements
Robust JavaScript Tooling
 Real JavaScript Model, Enhanced code
completion, Enhanced Outline view , Code
formatting, etc
Debugger enhancements
Improve Install
 better support for run time dependencies
Personality Builder improvements
Multiple Browser Support (IE, Opera, etc)
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Where to get AJAX Toolkit Framework
Open Source Project on Eclipse
 www.eclipse.org/atf
Listserv and Newsgroup
 atf-dev@eclipse.org
 news://eclipse.webtools.atf/
Source Code in Eclipse CVS
Milestones and Weekly builds
 www.eclipse.org/atf/downloads/index.php
Flash Demo Movies
 www.eclipse.org/atf/flash/index.php
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Legal Notices
Java and all Java-based trademarks are
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States, other countries, or both.
Other company, product, or service names
may be trademarks or service marks of
others.
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Screen Shots of products using ATF
provided by different vendors.
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Helmi Technologies RIA IDE
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Genuitec MyEclipse 2.0
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Visual Drag Drop Editing
DOM Inspection
Event Wizard