Re: GWT 2.1 Activities – nesting? YAGNI ? - an example of where you NEED it !

On 29 nov, 23:44, zixzigma <zixzi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the article also argued, that having the same size/fixed regions leads
> to consistent layout.
>
> in the case of Fixed "WIDTH", that is true.
>
> but if your regions have sub-regions, the sizing is no longer the
> Width, but rather the HEIGHT.
>
> our WEST region, can have WEST_NORTH, WEST_MAIN, WEST_SOUTH,
> and the "HEIGHT" of these sub-regions might required to be different
> in different workspaces.
>
> in one workspace, WEST_NORTH height could be 100px, while WEST_SOUTH
> height is 300px, in another workspace, different Height size.
> having different heights, while maintaining the same width, is STILL
> CONSISTENT.
>
> with the approach suggested in the article posted above,
> one has to add additional West Regions, to accommodate for the use
> case described above,
> resulting in ActivityManagers/Mappers/Code size to grow
> exponentially !

Your "regions" are not required to have a fixed size, you're not
required to use layout panels either. How about using SimplePanel
widgets inside a FlowPanel, without specifying explicit sizes? That
would work too.

In your case though, I'd probably go with either:
- Ashton's proposal
- make each "workspace" it's own GWT app (if they're sufficiently
different to deserve it)

Or:
- do not use activities (you can still use places if you like)
- use activities but make your own activity manager (or whatever) to
break the limitations and og beyond what's possible with the stock
implementations; maybe try to use a main activitymanager to switch
between workspaces, and then a set of activitymanager/mapper/regions
within each workspace.

There are many possibilities, and there are no one-size-fits-all.

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