[Koha-devel] To React or not to React

[Marc Véron]

Regarding licensing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_(JavaScript_library)

See part "Patents clause controversy"

Marc


Am 19.09.2016 um 17:15 schrieb Paul A:
> At 08:18 AM 9/19/2016 -0400, Kyle Hall wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback Stefano!
>> Please, if anybody is *against* the use of React in Koha, please 
>> voice your concerns!
>
> Question: what has Facebook added to js that we could not use as 
> "regular" js? Not a show stopper, but our "gut feeling" (not fully 
> documented, but more than anecdotal) is that all js code, given its 
> standalone capability, has a more than proportional speed downside. 
> And I'm not going near the licensing questions.
>
> If I understand this bug 17297 ("low enhancement") correctly, it 
> refines itemnotes by adding granularity. If this is a "good thing", 
> can the original coding be improved? Add an auth value? If we need js, 
> how optional might this be? (do we know how many Koha users are truly 
> interested?)
>
> I've always been impressed by Koha core speed, and without using such 
> expressions as "mission creep" (or heaven forfend, code bloat) I truly 
> recognize that enhancements are a real life necessity. Just wondering 
> how and where they are best added while maintaining the KISS principle...
>
> Best -- Paul
>
>
>> Kyle
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Stefano Bargioni <bargioni at pusc.it 
>> <mailto:bargioni at pusc.it>> wrote:
>>
>>     My +1 for React. Angular requires a specific skill, other than
>>     Javascript.
>>     Stefano
>>
>>>         On 15 set 2016, at 19:22, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com
>>>         <mailto:kyle.m.hall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         I have my proof of concept for using React within Koha
>>>         completed! You can see it here:Â
>>>         https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17297
>>>
>>>         Please give it a try!
>>>
>>>         So, I've written this development ( at least in part ) in
>>>         both Angular and React. I know Angular 2 is out but here
>>>         are my thoughts so far.
>>>
>>>         1) It's much easier to think in React than in Angular.Â
>>>         React is for the most part just Javascript. It's far less
>>>         opinionated than Angular. They saying goes React is
>>>         Javascript and Angular is Angular. I think the flexibility
>>>         of React works well within the Koha ecosystem.
>>>
>>>         2) Writing React feels much more like programming. I think
>>>         it's much faster to develop reactive and ajax features inÂ
>>>         React than it is using jQuery.
>>>
>>>         3) React makes it pretty easy to create widgets that we
>>>         can drop in to a given page and have just work. Pretty much
>>>         anything that shows up on multiple pages would make for a
>>>         good React widget. Think the holds table which is on the
>>>         checkouts page and the patron details page. It is ajaxified
>>>         now, but a far far cleaner version could be written in React.
>>>
>>>         4) React is just a view layer. Angular is a full MVC
>>>         framework with many pieces we don't really need.
>>>
>>>         I think React is probably the way to go for Koha. I like
>>>         Angular but for Koha in particular, I think React is a
>>>         better fit. I think we really need to get this decision made
>>>         as soon as possible. If anyone has opinions, please let
>>>         everyone know!
>>>
>>>         Kyle
>>>
>>>
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