[sakai2-tcc] Roster tool changes

[Daniel Robinson]

Hi John,

Yes, the locale is determined server-side using ResourceLoader and  
passed as an argument to the JavaScript code.

Best wishes,

Daniel

On 19 Aug 2010, at 23:48, John Bush wrote:

> Couple questions about how you are handling localization.  Looks like
> all the bundle data is coming from .js files.  How is the locale
> determined ?  Is that still from ResourceLoader on the server side ?
>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Daniel Robinson
> <d.b.robinson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Dear Sakai 2 Technical Coordination Committee,
>>
>> Earlier in the year, Adrian Fish and myself at Lancaster University,
>> UK, volunteered to take over the development and maintenance of the
>> Roster tool. We have rewritten the tool in a separate branch using
>> JavaScript and Trimpath, and the plan is to move Roster to an indie
>> project. Details of the work are attached to the following JIRA  
>> ticket:
>>
>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18778
>>
>> We have tried to resolve outstanding JIRA tickets along the way. All
>> of the issues incorporated on the above ticket, plus sub-tasks, are
>> resolved. Once the new code is committed to trunk, we can close those
>> issues.
>>
>> Details of new tool:
>>
>> We have maintained the feature set of the old Roster tool.
>>
>> We have maintained the same Roster UI with two exceptions: 1. some
>> small changes have been made to fix outstanding JIRA tickets (see
>> above); 2. some small layout changes to the Pictures view have been
>> made, and we plan on further developing the Pictures view to  
>> integrate
>> with Profile2. We plan on seeking input from the wider Sakai  
>> community
>> for new feature requests.
>>
>> We have removed all executable code from the old Roster tool in the
>> new version. There is no API for the new Roster tool. The new tool
>> consists of JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and a SakaiProxy and  
>> EntityProviders
>> written in Java. The new Roster tool is a webapp that can be deployed
>> without restarting Sakai.
>>
>> We have moved the rendering to the browser client, so content is
>> rendered more quickly and server load is decreased.
>>
>> We have converted the localization bundles from the old Roster tool  
>> to
>> maintain the internationalization support.
>>
>> We have reduced the number of tool/API dependencies e.g. the
>> dependency on the old Profile API has been removed.
>>
>> If anyone would like to test the work for themselves, the code is
>> available:
>>
>> https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/roster/branches/trimpath_work
>>
>> Please bear in mind the branch is under active development.
>>
>> If anyone has any questions or requires further clarification, please
>> don't hesitate to ask.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Daniel and Adrian
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