Re: [vtp-dev] Active Projects - June 2008

[Trip Gilman <trip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, I see where the confusion is coming from.  The script blocks, decisions,
and dynamic prompt rendering are performed by the runtime prior to
generating the VXML.  The proposed scripting support would simply extend the
runtime environment to allow the application developer to use other
languages to perform application business logic with.  This won't affect the
underlying scripts used in the vxml documents themselves.

Trip


On 6/3/08 8:34 PM, "Mike Greenawalt" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am puzzled about the proposed additional scripting language support
> project. VXML is defined around JavaScript (ECMAScript) as the scripting
> language, and voice browsers are unlikely to support anything else. So
> what is the intent of additional scripting language support?
> 
> -- Mike
> 
> Trip Gilman wrote:
>> June is here, and with it an update to our projects list.
>> 
>> *Long Running Efforts
>> *I don¹t really have any changes to the list of long running efforts.
>> We made some decent progress last month
>> towards documentation and usability. I am almost finished with the
>> rough draft of the Language Pack tutorial.
>> It¹s taken longer than I expected write so we didn¹t see much progress
>> towards language pack implementation.
>> 
>> 
>> *Inactive Projects
>> *
>> _Extended Error Path Support_ ­ On Hold ­ Provide the ability for the
>> application developer to catch non-typical VXML
>> events that might occur during the execution of an element. This
>> project is indefinitely on hold until
>> either the compatibility issue is worked around or will wait for the
>> next major release.
>> 
>> 
>> *Completed Projects
>> *
>> _Complete Initial Theme Support_ ­ Finished ­ Expose the selection of
>> theme in the project/workspace preferences and
>> the creation of a second theme. The new theme is out there in all it¹s
>> green goodness. The preferences
>> panels could use some serious enhancing but are serviceable for now. I
>> think additional theme work should
>> Probably be packaged into a new project.
>> 
>> _Initial Printing Support_ ­ Finished ­ Although this wasn¹t
>> technically on the chopping block, it got done just the
>> same. This still needs tested, but seems to be working well now.
>> 
>> 
>> *Current Projects
>> *Unlike the efforts list, the projects list has seen some larger changes.
>> 
>> _JVoiceXML Launcher_ ­ Extend the debug and simulation capabilities of
>> the VTP to include using JVoiceXML
>> as the VXML interpreter. This project is moving forward. Mike has
>> joined the mini-project team to assist
>> and Dirk should be joining us as a committer. This has the added
>> benefit of moving the development effort
>> into the eclipse project infrastructure as well.
>> 
>> _Website Overhaul_ ­ It has been brought to my attention that our
>> project site is woefully out-of-date in some
>> areas and lacks some of the required ties into the foundation
>> infrastructure. The key objectives of this
>> project are:
>> 
>>     * Bring our navigation bar into line with required items and
>>       sections.
>>     * Transition the majority of our content pages to the wiki to
>>       reduce the effort of updating in the future.
>>     * Integration to the eclipse build infrastructure.
>>     * Update of our downloads page to give access to automated builds.
>>     * Update all screen-shots to reflect the current UI.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *Proposed Projects
>> *With some of our active projects coming to a close, there is room to
>> start on something new. I¹d like to
>> ask for your input into how we proceed as a project. We can either
>> throw another log on the fire, or
>> push to polish what we have and finish the items in progress and
>> execute a project release. Although I
>> am anxious to get some of the things listed below into the project, I
>> also know that we are at a great
>> position with the codebase to release. Thoughts? Comments?
>> 
>> _Interface internationalization_ ­ Making the development environment
>> interface fully i18n ready. This is a
>> massive undertaking
>> 
>> _Cut, Copy & Paste_ ­ Implement the common editing functions. This is
>> part of a larger discussion of editor
>> architecture and document model that will get going once we activate
>> this project.
>> 
>> _Inspector API_ ­ Add the ability to view details about an element and
>> its configuration as part of the element
>> display on the canvas. This would be a framework to allow the
>> inclusion of inspectors by third-parties. Also,
>> this will require additional features added to the theme framework to
>> identify available inspectors and provide
>> screen real estate to them.
>> 
>> _Additional Scripting Language Support_ ­ Adding support for scripting
>> languages other than JavaScript in
>> the script block and other locations scripting is used.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Trip Gilman
>> Voice Tools Project Lead
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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