Lively4 Connectors
Eva Krebs
Reactive Programming 2019, 26.11.2019 Midterm

Jens Lincke, Stefan Ramson, Robert Hirschfeld (Software Architecture Group)
--- # Agenda --- # Lively4 - Interactive - Live - Halos drawing --- # Fabrik drawing - 1988 --- # Lively Fabrik Browser drawing --- # Lively Connectors - https://lively-web.org/ --- # Lively Connectors --- # Lively Connectors --- # Lively Connectors --- # Lively PartsBin drawing --- # Concepts - Objects in world / morphs - Source - Target - Their respective properties - "Combine widgets into bigger widget" - Connection - Connects source and target - Reactive - Drawable/Debuggable? - Connection hub / editor --- # Lively4 Connectors ## Add a way to create connections in Lively4 - Add connector ui element into domain (= halos) - Selecting source, target, and their properties - Editing/Deleting connections - Debugging/Visualizing connections - Save new widgets (PartsBin?) --- # Lively4 Connectors ## Reactive? - Dataflows, user interaction, visual - Active Expressions - Events --- # Demo
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--- # Current state - New Connectors Halo item - Selecting source and target as well as their properties - First Connections work --- # Next Steps - Improved connection creation - Whitelist (or similiar) of often used and available properties - Improved custom properties/connections - Connection hub (with connection editing / removing) - More connection debugging (e.g. visualizations) - PartsBin ---