greghauptmann
2008-Jun-27 14:23 UTC
building/editing topology diagrams - any ideas/advice?
Hi, I''d like to build a web application that is capable of displaying & editing topology diagram (e.g. a network diagram with applications too). Effectively to have a graphically web based means of allowing a user to add nodes & relationships to represent a topology such as the following http://performancepointinsider.com/files/planning/planningtopology.png. So the model basically consists of nodes and relationships. Any ideas/advice on how best to do this, e.g.: Q1. Any open-source project that does something similar? Q2. Best way of handling the graphical aspect of the application? (e.g. prototype, extjs, etc?) Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
When I started teaching myself Prototype and Scriptaculous I wanted to write a Visio-type of program. The idea was to be able to add draggable boxes to the workarea and to be able to connect lines between them and to be able to add text and attibutes to the boxes. I never finished it, but you''re welcome to take a look at/steal the code. It kind of works. The hardest part was the automatic line routing. http://jameslab.moveable.com/ajaxio - James. On Jun 27, 10:23 am, greghauptmann <greg.hauptm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi, > > I''d like to build a web application that is capable of displaying & > editing topology diagram (e.g. a network diagram with applications > too). Effectively to have a graphically web based means of allowing a > user to add nodes & relationships to represent a topology such as the > followinghttp://performancepointinsider.com/files/planning/planningtopology.png. > So the model basically consists of nodes and relationships. > > Any ideas/advice on how best to do this, e.g.: > Q1. Any open-source project that does something similar? > Q2. Best way of handling the graphical aspect of the application? > (e.g. prototype, extjs, etc?) > > Thanks--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Greg Hauptmann
2008-Jun-27 22:43 UTC
Re: building/editing topology diagrams - any ideas/advice?
thanks James, will do. I guess you didn''t find an existing open source project that had already implemented such an app or library? Greg On 6/28/08, Diodeus <diodeus-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > When I started teaching myself Prototype and Scriptaculous I wanted to > write a Visio-type of program. > > The idea was to be able to add draggable boxes to the workarea and to > be able to connect lines between them and to be able to add text and > attibutes to the boxes. > > I never finished it, but you''re welcome to take a look at/steal the > code. It kind of works. The hardest part was the automatic line > routing. > > http://jameslab.moveable.com/ajaxio > > - James. > > On Jun 27, 10:23 am, greghauptmann <greg.hauptm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I''d like to build a web application that is capable of displaying & >> editing topology diagram (e.g. a network diagram with applications >> too). Effectively to have a graphically web based means of allowing a >> user to add nodes & relationships to represent a topology such as the >> followinghttp://performancepointinsider.com/files/planning/planningtopology.png. >> So the model basically consists of nodes and relationships. >> >> Any ideas/advice on how best to do this, e.g.: >> Q1. Any open-source project that does something similar? >> Q2. Best way of handling the graphical aspect of the application? >> (e.g. prototype, extjs, etc?) >> >> Thanks > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
greghauptmann
2008-Jun-28 05:48 UTC
Re: building/editing topology diagrams - any ideas/advice?
PS. Does Prototype and Scriptaculous not cater for drawing shapes? Is this why you had to use Water Zorn''s SVG library then? On Jun 28, 12:43 am, Diodeus <diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> When I started teaching myself Prototype and Scriptaculous I wanted to > write a Visio-type of program. > > The idea was to be able to add draggable boxes to the workarea and to > be able to connect lines between them and to be able to add text and > attibutes to the boxes. > > I never finished it, but you''re welcome to take a look at/steal the > code. It kind of works. The hardest part was the automatic line > routing. > > http://jameslab.moveable.com/ajaxio > > - James. > > On Jun 27, 10:23 am, greghauptmann <greg.hauptm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I''d like to build a web application that is capable of displaying & > > editing topology diagram (e.g. a network diagram with applications > > too). Effectively to have a graphically web based means of allowing a > > user to add nodes & relationships to represent a topology such as the > > followinghttp://performancepointinsider.com/files/planning/planningtopology.png. > > So the model basically consists of nodes and relationships. > > > Any ideas/advice on how best to do this, e.g.: > > Q1. Any open-source project that does something similar? > > Q2. Best way of handling the graphical aspect of the application? > > (e.g. prototype, extjs, etc?) > > > Thanks--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---