Meeting 2012 08 06

Table of Contents Meeting Information Attendees Project Updates Design Development Architecture Development Discussion

Meeting Information

• Location: Math Science Building 5907 & Remote
• Date/Time: Monday August 6 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM
• Conference Line: 888-921-8686 #3102061670

Attendees

TODO

Project Updates

Design Development

Completed markup prototypes:

• Entity/Nav/Main
• Entity/Nav/Bar
• Entity/Header/Masthead

Markup prototypes in progress:

• Entity/Nav/List
• Entity/Figure/Hero
• Gallery

Architecture Development

Recent additions:

• Command-line argument specification of a config file location
• Add support for SCSS outside of WebBlocks via configuration file
• Provide default configuration values, but allow override
• Now possible to build your assets into your build directory using an untouched Git submodule:
  • https://github.com/ucla/WebBlocks/wiki/Integration
  • UCLA's OIT ECTA group has incorporated WebBlocks as described in "Using WebBlocks as a Submodule"
• Fixed several dependency-chain issues
• Updated build documentation

Next up on this front:

• Package custom JS, images and HTML files into build
• Look at other projects to come up with a portability strategy
• Create Vagrant-based build environment for testing

Discussion

What should we do about a color strategy?

• Starting thoughts: https://github.com/ucla/WebBlocks/issues/33 for reference

Implementation challenges with extending Bootstrap:

• No support for nested selectors in `@extend`
  • Inheriting from something like `.btn` is easy because of its modular implementation
  • Other tools like `.nav` and `.navbar` are far more complex and non-viable
  • Implementation of `nav.bar` uses Bootstrap variables but not many `@extend` calls
• Definitions aren't laid out ideally
  • Often not a clear candidate for `@extend` or `@include`

What entities are people interested in prototyping next?

What entities that are prototyped do people want to start developing?