Web Log
Gw
Grade: 6
13 September
First meeting with the forms group. We split up in two teams. One deals with HTML/XSLT forms (html-forms subteam -- JeroenKops & GerboEngels) and the other deals with XForms (xforms subteam -- JacobKleerekoper & JeffreyVanHelden).- html-forms subteam
- Did some research about how html forms work.
- xforms subteam
- Did research using the given URL's
14 September
- html-forms subteam:
- More research
- Started coding the servlet: it reads the values of the form and outputs it to html (GerboEngels)
- xforms subteam:
- More research
15 September
- html-forms subteam:
- continued on the servlet (GerboEngels)
20 September
- html-forms subteam
- (morning) changed html output of servlet to xml output and added a xslt stylesheet (not properly working yet) (JeroenKops & GerboEngels)
- Met for one-and-a-half hours with our Customers
- (afternoon) tried to make the stylesheet work.
- xforms subteam (morning)
- Built a prototype with Xsmiles
- Met for one-and-a-half hours with our Customers
- xforms subteam (afternoon)
- Installing and compiling
21 September
- html-forms subteam
- Created papersubmit use case with html form and xslt stylesheet
- xforms subteam
- Trying to embed Chiba into GW with a war file
23 September
- html-forms subteam
- changed xml-format (datastructure) and made a xslt stylesheet template for the 'for-each' statement. (GerboEngels)
27 September
- html-forms subteam
- Changed some things in FormReader (made it more general)
- Created new use-case: log entry's
- Studied and imported JDOM for parsing and generating XML
- Discussed what the FormReader should do and how it should do it
- xforms subteam
- Embed Chiba into GW with a war file
- Trying to embed a Chiba sample into GW
28 September
- html-forms subteam
- Refactored/cleaned up the code -- GerboEngels
- Changed the way to retrieve the parameters from the form -- GerboEngels
- Made it possible to get a specific element/node depending on an index (index is from a hidden form field) -- GerboEngels
- xforms subteam
- Embed a Chiba sample into GW
4 October
- html-forms subteam
- Basics of formreader are working now; form values are being read, edited in (j)DOM and outputted to xml and/or html with xslt
- Improved the formreader servlet to be more general
- xforms subteam
- "doorspitten" and experimenting with Chiba(sample) code
5 October
- html-forms subteam
- Refactoring -- GerboEngels
- Saving works, automatical addition of new empty input fields when the last one is filled in -- JeroenKops, GerboEngels
- xforms subteam
- "doorspitten" and experimenting with Chiba(sample) code
11 October
- html-forms subteam
- added the possibility to add a xml file to a group (a group has it's own special stylesheets), otherwise a special stylesheet will be used (if available), and otherwise there are default stylesheets. There are also 2 versions of the stylesheets: edit and view.
- implemented edit/view display selection.
- xforms subteam
- Look for different phases in a form and ways to retrieve these events
12 October
- html-forms subteam
- Modified/improved the (default) stylesheets for representing he forms and values.
- Thought on adding more structure to the xml documents, and how to process multiple select fields.
- xforms subteam
- retrieve the various phase events
18 October
- xforms subteam
- Absent due to private circumstances
- html-forms subteam
- Lots of refactorings, implemented single/multi view, changed the implementation of the selection of an element (now with XPath), created Tuple class
19 October
- xforms subteam
- Updated weblog and try to "define" an (x)form in GW
- html-forms subteam
- a little bit of refactoring, worked on a use case/demo, multiple/single select works now (at least it works better
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- think about automatic stylesheet generation (ASG©)
- a little bit of refactoring, worked on a use case/demo, multiple/single select works now (at least it works better
25 October
- html-forms subteam
- implemented the new xml-representation. Not fully functional yet
26 October
- html-forms subteam
- Some refactoring, debugging, and implemented the last bits needed for correct working of the servlet
27 October
- html-forms subteam
- Continued implementing the new xml-representation, added new features -- GerboEngels
1 November
- html-forms subteam
- Implemented remove functionality, fixed some bugs, improved logtest -- GerboEngels
- Research for validating xml with DTD's -- JeroenKops
- Written short report for acceptance review -- JeroenKops, GerboEngels
2 November
- html-forms subteam
- Preparing presentation
4 November
- html-forms subteam
- Presentation -- GerboEngels
11 November
- html-forms subteam
- Seperated formbase and formvalues
- Merged with trunk
- Debugging
- Tried to implement Storage, but because lack of time put it in comment