Chiba Web 3.0.0b2
Chiba Web 3 is a new major release of the Chiba server-side XForms implementation, coming with a brand new
JavaScript layer, improved XForms 1.1 support, localisation, XPath 2.0 and more.
- Chiba is now using Dojo Toolkit Version 1.2.3 (latest) which vastly improves the quality of the UI.
The completely rewritten JavaScript layer already comes with compilation and CDN support allowing you
to load many parts of the application libs from Google. Dojo components can be seemlessly integrated
with XForms processing to add the last missing pieces that make up a full application.
- Large parts of the Core processor and the Web layer have been heavily refactored and now provide a
cleaner API and simplified parts of the Code. Extensibility of the Java API has been greatly improved.
- The CSS system has been reworked for consistency and there's new documentation available.
We boldly call it a beta ;) Please handle with care.
You are strongly encouraged to use Chrome 4+, Safari 3+ or Firefox 2+ for viewing.
What is it ?
- a ToolKit combining XForms, AJAX and the Dojo toolkit
- combines an attractive and extensible set of cross-browser widgets with the rich MVC Model of XForms
- Rapid web application building in a declarative way
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Key Components
XForms
Chiba is an Open Source Java Implementation of the W3C XForms standard 'that represents the next generation of forms for the Web'. [Abstract of the XForms PR]
AJAX
Chiba uses Direct Web Remoting DWR to connect Javascript widgets and containers such as repeat, switch and group to the XForms engine.
For page authors absolutely no knowledge of AJAX techniques is required. All the wiring is automatic.
The Dojo Toolkit
The Dojo toolkit is one of the most well-known and highest-quality Javascript libraries around and receives
a lot of attention and credits. It provided the ideal foundation for building a Javascript API to support the XForms capabilities of Chiba.