ccmitchellusa/gfx

Dojo GFX

GFX

This repository contains a prototype implementation of GFX based on Dojo 2.0.

GFX is a simple portable 2D JavaScript graphics library.

Note: This is work-in-progress and will be subject to many changes.

Credits

Eugene Lazutkin (eugene.lazutkin@gmail.com)
Kun Xi (bookstack@gmail.com)
Chris Mitchell (ccmitchellusa@gmail.com) HTML Canvas
Yang Li () SVGWeb integration
Patrick Ruzand (pruzand@gmail.com)

Licensing

This project is distributed by the Dojo Foundation and licensed under the Dojo dual license BSD/AFLv2 license. All contributions require a Dojo Foundation CLA.

Dependencies and Installation

The GFX library code uses the Dojo core and also (for now) some Dojox legacy modules. In addition, the tests and demos use Dijit widgets and the DOH framework. So the directory structure should look like the following:

parentDir
    dijit                    Dojo widgets (for tests/demos)
    dojo                     Dojo core
    dojox                    (see below)
    gfx                      this repository
    util
        doh                  DOH test framework (for tests/demos)

Uses of legacy DojoX Modules

The GFX library code has the following dependencies:

• gfx/_gfxBidiSupport requires dojox/string/BidiEngine,
• gfx/VectorText (likely to be removed in 2.0) requires dojox/html/metrics and dojox/xml/DomParser.

So, applications not using these 2 modules are already completely independent of legacy dojox code.

In addition, some performance tests require dojox/charting (and, indirectly, the legacy dojox/gfx) to display results.

Current Status

The current code is a copy of the Dojo 1.9 code, with the following changes:

• The VML, and Silverlight renderers have been removed, as well as the SVGWeb support in the SVG renderer.
• The gfx namespace is changed to the toplevel gfx namespace.
• All demos and tests have been converted to AMD loader syntax and HTML5 compliant attributes (data-dojo-*).