Zend Framework: ZendX_MooTools_View_Helper_MooTools Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

The MooTools helper allows to simplify the setup of an enviroment that uses MooTools as Javascript library and provides the possibilty to construct a wide range of ajax calls.

• SVN Proposal http://codigolinea.googlecode.com/svn/trunk

2. References

• Zend_Dojo_View_Helper
• ZendX_JQuery_View_Helper_JQuery
• MooTools
• SVN Proposal http://codigolinea.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
• Git proposal http://github.com/benjamingb/ZendX_MooTools/tree/master/ZendX_MooTools/

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

• MUST be a single view helper with multiple methods
• MUST be able to render as string
• MUST support direct deployment via CDN (Google Ajax Library API), using specified version
• MUST support using local install, via path
• SHOULD default to CDN if no path specified
• MUST have method for requiring plugin files (js and css)

The MooTools Ajax Helper should provide methods to build Ajax Requests using the MooTools Helper.

• MUST integrate with MooTools Library to append requests to onLoad Event.
• MUST integrate with MooTools Library to append requests to domready Event.
• SHOULD allow inlining Javascript, but MUST default to stack Javascript to onLoad
• SHOULD allow inlining Javascript, but MUST default to stack Javascript to domready

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• Zend_View_Exception
• Zend_Json

5. Theory of Operation

Theory of Operation:

6. Milestones / Tasks

• Milestone 1: Finish First Proposal [OK]
• Milestone 2: Community Review
• Milestone 3: Finish First Implementation [OK]
• Milestone 4: Complete Unit Test Coverage [OK]
• Milestone 5: Finish Component [OK]
• Milestone 6: Documentation

7. Class Index

• ZendX_MooTools
• ZendX_MooTools_View_Helper_MooTools
• ZendX_MooTools_View_Helper_MooTools_Container

8. Use Cases

9. Class Skeletons