Monthly Archives: April 2010
AJAX
So, I think I should create a script specifically to query the server, call is, say, query_server.js. This is called everytime the user does something that requires the server to be queried. query_server.js will then change some global data in … Continue reading
asynchronous JS
Here is my first (semi) professional faceted search JS file. I append semi to the professional because it is still a work-in-development. What I am especially uncertain about is how to do asynchronicity: how should I handle the queries to … Continue reading
JavaScript reference semantics
I’ve decided to have the program grab the events from array, sort them by their unique ID, and put them into cumulative data structures which will be remembered throughout the course of the program. Each time the API is queried, … Continue reading
Spring Quarter, week 3 presentation
* realized there was a much better way to do this * if the project is getting cluttered way fast, there is probably a simpler solution * how to organize all the event objects? Probably I will put them in … Continue reading
professional code
I think I am actually, finally, starting to grasp JavaScript at a pretty competent level. Time to start being more professional with my code, i.e. I should do more documentation and versioning.
more backend details
Program will start by displaying all events within the past 24 hours. The API will be queried once by each event type. An appropriate data structure (probably a list) will hold the events that are returned, with a list for … Continue reading
backend details
Querying the HEK API will be fairly straightforward: I will do one query for each event type. The returned JSON files will then be parsed into JavaScript objects. These will be stored on the user’s system for the remainder of … Continue reading
revised faceted search outline/sketch
faceted search outline, read alt text for description. I will add details to this post later.
revised high level plan
Here is a very high-level plan for my schedule for my new try at the faceted search. More fine-grained plan to come. Week 2, 3, 4: “backend” functionality programming Week 5, 6, 7: “frontend” GUI programming Week 8, 9, 10, … Continue reading
Plan b++
I am still working on the faceted search system. However, I realized a completely different way to implement it. tl;dr it was a plan made by another developer for LMSAL that I initially didn’t understand but now do. Good part: … Continue reading