Re: [Editors] Re: [OSCOM] htmlarea project discontinued?

Ian Bicking wrote:

> Testing is certainly another issue, and I don't even know *how* to do 
> that properly in Javascript. Would Selenium work on a WSYIWYG?

Not sure, we have written a simple unit test library and use that 
(nowadays) even to test WYSIWYG editing, so it *is* possible (the 
framework provides means to set the selection and perform edit actions, 
and comparing the results, among others).

> But the purely cultural things -- transparency of development, using a 
> good toolset (like source control), persistent connections among 
> developers (you can't build a community of developers with an online 
> forum), whatever that magic balance of leadership is -- these are 
> things that are really lacking.
>
Right, although I know (out of experience with the Kupu community) those 
things aren't impossible, and I have the feeling more and more people 
that are familiar with open-source projects that do work that way are 
starting to use JavaScript. I hope that will mean at some point the 
situation improves...

> But there's isn't a heritage among Javascript developers -- there's a 
> lot of kids, a lot of web designers turned programmers, a lot of 
> people coming from a proprietary background, and not enough continuity 
> with an older, more mature open source community.
>
I think you're right. I hope this can be changed. Perhaps I'd take part 
in something to actually make that change, though obviously I won't 
start a community by myself... I'll ask around a bit, will keep you 
up-to-date.

Cheers,

Guido