NAME

GvaScript::Intro - A javascript framework born in Geneva.

SYNOPSIS

  <head>
    <script src="path/to/prototype.js"></script>
    <script src="path/to/GvaScript.js"></script>
    <link href="path/to/GvaScript.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
  
    var cl = GvaScript.ChoiceList(choices, options);
    var ac = GvaScript.AutoCompleter(datasource, options);
    var tn = GvaScript.TreeNavigator(element, options);
  </head>

DESCRIPTION

GvaScript (pronounce "gee-vascript") is a javascript framework born in Geneva, Switzerland (GVA is the IATA code for Geneva Cointrin International Airport). It is built on top of the prototype object-oriented javascript framework (http://prototype.conio.net).

It contains four core components :

Alien::GvaScript::ProtoExtensions : some extensions to the prototype javascript framework (mainly walking the DOM searching for collections of classnames).
Alien::GvaScript::Event : registering and firing application-specific events (in addition to the standard W3C event model)
Alien::GvaScript::KeyMap : managing maps of handlers for key events (similar in spirit to Emacs keymaps)
Alien::GvaScript::Repeat : managing repeated sections

and four widgets:

Alien::GvaScript::ChoiceList : dropdown list of choices with navigation
Alien::GvaScript::AutoCompleter : autocompletion on form input fields
Alien::GvaScript::TreeNavigator : navigation in a tree structure, opening and closing nodes
Alien::GvaScript::Form : various extensions to HTML forms (working with data trees and repeated sections, automatic focus, etc.)

TARGETED PLATFORMS

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, version 6.0 and higher
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and higher
may work on other platforms supported by prototype.js, but was not tested

DEPENDENCIES

the http://prototype.conio.net javascript framework, version 1.5.0 or higher

AUTHORS

Laurent Dami, <laurent.d...@etat.ge.ch>

Mona Remlawi, <mona.r...@etat.ge.ch>

Jean-Christophe Durand

Sébastien Cuendet

LICENSE

This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl's artistic license (see http://perldoc.perl.org/perlartistic.html).