Javascript in GroupServer

A growing number of browser UI elements in GroupServer are using JavaScript. As this growth continues, the JavaScript environment provided in the GroupServer framework continues to mature. The following is a summary of the JavaScript environment that is in GroupServer as of August 2013.

gs.content.js.*

Nearly every egg that provides a part of the JavaScript foundation of GroupServer is in this namespace.

jQuery

Everything uses "jQuery":http://api.jquery.com/. GroupServer provides jQuery via "gs.content.js.jquery.base":https://source.iopen.net/groupserver/gs.content.js.jquery.base/summary. It currently provides version 1.9.1.

Bootstrap

GroupServer provides "Bootstrap":http://getbootstrap.com/ via "gs.content.js.bootstrap":https://source.iopen.net/groupserver/gs.content.js.bootstrap/summary. It currently provides version 2.2.2.

Loader

Because many pages are made up of loosely coordinated viewlets, any of which could require any given JavaScript resources, GroupServer developed a dynamic JavaScript module loader that manages which modules have already been requested and retrieved.

Loader is provided via "gs.content.js.loader":https://source.iopen.net/groupserver/gs.content.js.loader/summary.