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Existing Features
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* can import data from .json or .csv format files
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* can import data from del.icio.us
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* can create and modify data programmatically
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* can bind data to dojo.widget.Chart
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* can bind data to dojo.widget.SortableTable
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* can bind one data set to multiple widgets
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* notifications: widgets are notified when data changes
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* notification available per-item or per-resultSet
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* can create ad-hoc attributes
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* attributes can be loosely-typed
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* attributes can have meta-data like type and display name
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* half-implemented support for sorting
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* half-implemented support for export to .json
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* API for getting data in simple arrays
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* API for getting ResultSets with iterators (precursor to support for something like the openrico.org live grid)
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To-Do List
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* be able to import data from an html <table></table>
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* think about being able to import data from some type of XML
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* think about integration with dojo.undo.Manager
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* think more about how to represent the notion of different data types
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* think about what problems we'll run into when we have a MySQL data provider
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* in TableBindingHack, improve support for data types in the SortableTable binding
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* deal with ids (including MySQL multi-field keys)
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* add support for item-references: employeeItem.set('department', departmentItem);
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* deal with Attributes as instances of Items, not just subclasses of Items
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* unit tests for compare/sort code
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* unit tests for everything
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* implement item.toString('json') and item.toString('xml')
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* implement dataProvider.newItem({name: 'foo', age: 26})
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* deal better with transactions
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* add support for deleting items
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* don't send out multiple notifications to the same observer
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* deal with item versions
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* prototype a Yahoo data provider -- http://developer.yahoo.net/common/json.html
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* prototype a data provider that enforces strong typing
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* prototype a data provider that prevents ad-hoc attributes
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* prototype a data provider that enforces single-kind item
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* prototype a data provider that allows for login/authentication
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* have loosely typed result sets play nicely with widgets that expect strong typing
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* prototype an example of spreadsheet-style formulas or derivation rules
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* experiment with some sort of fetch() that returns only a subset of a data provider's items
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