Some notes for a talk on Vue.js and the future of Tiki for TikiFest Virtual 2021

Tiki and Vue.js

Tiki GUI History According To Me

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• When I arrived in Tiki (version 1.8) we had MooTools
• I added jQuery and jQuery-UI in 3.0, optionally at first
• Bootstrap arrived and things changed
• Time to consolidate!

Vue.js in Tiki

The Story So Far

• At TikiFestMacau2019 we decided to integrate Vue.js (thanks to @guill)
• I added Tracker Field Rules in Tiki 20ish (thanks to @Marc Laporte)
• @andon and @Victor Emanouilov added Tracker Field Duration
• Many jQuery-UI components have been replaced with Bootstrap ones, but several stubborn ones still to do)

Tiki GUI

The Story So Far

• Modules or Plugins?
  • Confusion from terminology
    • Neither are modules or plugins
  • Confusion from functionality
    • The choice of use seems arbitrary
• So Let’s Unify Them!
  • And call them:
    • Gadgets?
    • Widgets?
    • (...etc)
    • Fluffies? (working title: thanks @luciash d' being 🧙)

Vue.js, meet Project Fluffy

• Keep wikiplugin syntax, use “fluffy” when available
• Same for modules (maybe with a map from module to fluffy)