jqwStudio

[dishmannParticipant]

Way back in the mainframe days, we would draw (pencil and paper) our screens so the client could see them.
Then came the IDE. What made that great was we could take our widgets in the design environment, put them on the screen and make a reasonable representation of the app for our client to approve before we even coded it.

Currently I am converting an existing app for the web so the app design was done before I started coding the web side of the app.

Still, if I were to design an app from scratch, does there exist a way for me to view the jQWidgets toolkit in a design environment?
You know, so I can tweak the values and positioning so the selected widgets blend well together. Or perhaps be able to change widgets to see which one would work better.

I know there are third party wireframe apps where I can mock up an app.
Still it would be very cool to be able to mock up an app where we see the actual widgets in an inactive state but the layout is visible. Then push a button to finalize the design (generate code perhaps). Then I would “activate” the design by coding the UI and supporting back end.

By the looks of things you all have the talent to do it. Has there been any discussion on this topic among your leadership ?

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi dishmann,

Unfortunately, we do not have IDE or plans for such at present. We have however playground app which you can try here: https://jseditor.io/. About our Charting, we have a Chart Studio available here: https://jqwidgets.com/chartstudio/

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev

jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[dishmannParticipant]

Thanks Peter,

I took a look at jsEditor. That is indeed a great substitute for an IDE. (Perhaps even better when I learn how to use it.)

Thanks for this heads up.
You just have to love a career where you always are learning something new. Pushing new boundaries.

Best regards to the jqWidgets team.

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