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Bonechilla50
Interface
Dec 10th, 2009, 5:57pm  
I'm attempting to port a website I made over to Processing however i'm having some issues with certain things. Can someone assist me or at least tell me where I can start I'm attempting to make a Apple style Accordion Menu I would like to be able to display website windows within the menu
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Cedric
Re: Interface
Reply #1 - Dec 10th, 2009, 10:09pm  
I dont believe coding a website in processing makes a lot of sense. Maybe creating a website header but even then i would recommend flash. Processing is just not made for making websites.


but what you want is achieved by one of the javascript frameworks available. Mootools or Jquery for example.

http://demos.mootools.net/Accordion
http://jquery.bassistance.de/accordion/demo/

these are not really hart to implement
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Bonechilla50
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Reply #2 - Dec 11th, 2009, 6:15am  
I was planning on using processing.js isn't this a translation of the library but only in javascript but the set up of classes are similar so if i write it in java I can port it easily to javascript based on the similarities between the tutorials that I have found
or am I way off
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PhiLho 
Re: Interface
Reply #3 - Dec 11th, 2009, 7:56am  
The "display website windows within the menu" is a bit mysterious for me.

Beside, as Cedric pointed out, using a good JS framework is probably a better solution, as the effect already exists and is probably optimized.

From what I know of processing.js (not much...), it is using a canvas (VML on IE) component to display stuff. It might be perfect if you plan to add lot of fluff, but it can be a bit of an overkill if you aim at simple things.

Not to discourage you, just to provide some elements of choice... Smiley
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Bonechilla50
Re: Interface
Reply #4 - Dec 11th, 2009, 10:47am  
PhiLho  wrote on Dec 11th, 2009, 7:56am:
The "display website windows within the menu" is a bit mysterious for me.

Beside, as Cedric pointed out, using a good JS framework is probably a better solution, as the effect already exists and is probably optimized.

From what I know of processing.js (not much...), it is using a canvas (VML on IE) component to display stuff. It might be perfect if you plan to add lot of fluff, but it can be a bit of an overkill if you aim at simple things.

Not to discourage you, just to provide some elements of choice... Smiley


I was considering using the Processing library because i tend to run into issues with javaScript plus i'm not completly familar with mySQL and could probably make a log in system easier with java and a single file though I'm sure it could be done with javascript in a similar manner and I've been much more productive in processing than all my time in javascript and had thought Processing was a complete translation of Processing to javascript only I could use Porcessing.js in the exact manner I use Processing in

however i guess if you beleive the specific library for the accordian menu is better in javascript then i guess i will have 2 use it
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