> Guys, would be this an interesting project to advance Smalltalk UI more
> toward bleeding edge again, after 30 years, when we were there already
> with MVC based GUI? Spec project have a potential here and Spec over web
> frameworks to build fully desktop-capable web apps seems to be
> achievable. Spec over Amber (who will propose that?), Spec over Aida,
> Spec over Seaside? Benjamin, would you be a co-mentor of that project?
>
>    Title: Spec over Aida for desktop-capable Web Apps
>
>    Level: advanced
>
>    Possible mentor: Janko Mivšek
>
>    Possible second mentor: Benjamin?
>
>    Description
>
> Spec as a means to describe and generate GUI has a potential to help
> building web applications as well. And because one of Spec goals is to
> become a platform/framework independent, this project has a goal to
> extend Aida component model for building Single Page web apps to become
> Spec-aware
>
>
>    Technical Details
>
> Aida has a component model for building so called Single Page web UIs,
> capable of composing a hierarchy of so called web widgets, which are
> standalone reusable components, together with hierarchical web form
> support. Spec as descriptor and generator of UI is therefore a natural
> extension of Aida component model. When a HTML5 Web Components standard
> will be ready, Aida component model can be easily extended to support
> that standard as well, together with Spec (and maybe UIBuilder too?).
>
>    Benefits to the Student
>
> Student will acquire the knowledge and experience of building
> desktop-capable UIs on the web using HTML5 approach.
>
>    Benefits to the Community
>
> Spec has a potential to become a de-facto standard way of describing
> User Interfaces for Smalltalk projects from desktop to web and mobile,
> on a dialect and web framework neutral way. This project can contribute
> a piece toward that goal.
>
>
> Best regards
> Janko
>
>