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diff --git a/webapps/qooxdoo-0.6.5-sdk/README b/webapps/qooxdoo-0.6.5-sdk/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8bf5974e7f --- /dev/null +++ b/webapps/qooxdoo-0.6.5-sdk/README @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +Welcome! :-) + +qooxdoo is one of the most comprehensive and innovative Open Source AJAX +frameworks. It is a multipurpose framework that includes support for +professional JavaScript development, a state-of-the-art GUI toolkit and +high-level client-server communication. + + +License + +qooxdoo may be used under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public +License (LGPL) or the Eclipse Public License (EPL). As a recipient of qooxdoo, +you may choose which license to receive the code under. + +Please make sure you understand the dual license of qooxdoo and the rights and +obligations that come with it. See the top-level LICENSE file for more details. + + +Framework + +qooxdoo is entirely class-based and tries to leverage the features of +object-oriented JavaScript. It is fully based on namespaces and does not +modify or extend native JavaScript types. Most modern browsers are +supported (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera; Safari soon) and it +is free of memory leaks. It comes with a comprehensive API reference, that +is auto-generated from Javadoc-like comments and from the syntax tree +representing the code. The fast and complete JavaScript parser not only +allows for doc generation, but is an integral part of the automatic build +process that makes optimizing, compressing, linking and deployment of +custom applications very user-friendly. + + +GUI Toolkit + +Despite being a pure JavaScript framework, qooxdoo is quite on par with +GUI toolkits like Qt or SWT when it comes to advanced yet easy to implement +user interfaces. It offers a full-blown set of widgets that are hardly +distinguishable from elements of native desktop applications. Full built-in +support for keyboard navigation, focus and tab handling and drag & drop is +provided. Dimensions can be specified as static, auto-sizing, stretching, +percentage, weighted flex or min/max or even as combinations of those. +All widgets are based on powerful and flexible layout managers which are a +key to many of the advanced layout capabilities. Interface description is +done programmatically in JavaScript for maximum performance. + +No HTML has to be used and augmented to define the interface. The qooxdoo +user does not even have to know CSS to style the interface. Clean and +easy-to-configure themes for appearance, colors or icons allow for a +full-fledged styling that even supports runtime switching. + + +AJAX + +While being a client-side and server-agnostic solution, the qooxdoo project +does include complete implementations of RPC servers (currently Java and PHP) +to demonstrate some of its advanced client-server communcation. An abstract +transport layer supports queues, timeouts and implementations via +XMLHttpRequest, Iframes and Scripts. Like the rest of qooxdoo it fully +supports event-based programming which greatly simplifies asynchronous +communication. + + +Learn more + +For further information about qooxdoo, please point your browser to +http://qooxdoo.org/about + +For a step-by-step introduction to qooxdoo application development, please +see the instructions in the user manual at +http://qooxdoo.org/documentation/user_manual + +Have fun! ;-) |