From: m4dc4p <jgbailey@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T20:04:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Nitro Screencast: Web 2.0, Flickr ignited

Another interesting screencast. I don't mind the format so much,
however the controls you mentioned on Firefox are not visible. I can
see the hint of some sort of controls at the bottom of the screencast,
but they are obscured (I am running Windows XP, btw).

Anyways, feedback on Nitro from what I see here. I really like the way
XHTML attributes connect naturally to the controller code. However, one
thing did strike me as odd:

 <img for="picture in @pictures" src="#{picture.source}" />

The way the "for" attribute and the "src" attribute are used seems
inconsistent, especially because "src" uses "embedded" ruby while the
other seems to be specially parsed. I haven't used the framework,only
seen these screencasts, so take that for what it's worth. Thanks for
making these available!

George Moschovitis wrote:
> Dear devs,
>
> as the first two videos were well received, I decided to make on more:
>
> http://www.nitrohq.com/videos/nitro4.html
>
> This time some sophisticated Web2.0 features of the Nitro framework
> are demonstrated. The demo is based on the concept of a similar Rails
> screencast (the flickr video). However, please note:
>
> - no generator is used.
> - ajax code and templates are cleanly separated.
> - standard html tags are naturally extended to support client side actions using
>   Nitro's powerful morphing technology.
> - Draggable and autocomplete effects as well as the programmatic render
>   are also demonstrated.
>
> This is a simple demo, and does not demonstrate the full power of
> Nitro. To feel the magic give it a try yourself:
>
> gem install nitro
>
> For more information browse: www.nitrohq.com or join the Nitro mailing list