/**
* Show a random tip
* @author Ignacio Coloma
*/
/*
* Array methods extracted from Math-extend: http://code.google.com/p/math-extend/
* @author Lauren Fortin
*/
Object.extend(Array.prototype, {
swap: function(index1, index2) {
var swap = this[index1];
this[index1] = this[index2];
this[index2] = swap;
return this;
},
shuffle: function(times) {
$R(1,((times || this.length) * 3)).each(function(n) {
this.swap((Math.random() * this.length).floor(),(Math.random() * this.length).floor());
}.bind(this));
return this;
}
});
var tips = $A([
'LocaleAwareException can be automatically translated into a form validation error, transparently.',
'Javascript and CSS files can be concatenated, minified and gzipped automatically at deployment time',
'HTML 5 attributes are used wherever possible',
'The server side is 100% isolated from the javascript library.',
'Remember: there is a "View source" link you can click at any time.',
'Javascript validations work out-of-the-box. We tend to think that\'s cool.',
'Pluggable annotations means that you can use JPA, Loom or Hibernate annotations to validate user input.',
'Here, file uploads are treated as first-class citizens.',
'Javascript validations are repeated on the server. Yep. The same validations.',
'No animals were hurt while automagically calculating the maxlength and size attributes.',
'Set Config.development to false to disable javascript compression and other optimizations.',
'Performance, performance, performance...',
'Support for JAX-RS annotations: @Path, @GET, @POST, @DELETE and @PUT',
'Automatic MD5-based caching for js and css resources. Open firebug and check it out (even in development mode!)',
'Labels get rendered automatically. Or not. Your choice.',
'You can use renderAsText instead of disabled to render plain text forms.',
'Strongest. I18N. Support. Ever.',
'Third-party jars may include their own javascript and css files to be used on-the-fly. Just add to your spring file, and go!',
'Accessibility is a must. We try our best to ease it under the hoods.',
'Did I say that JPA annotations can be used to validate forms?',
'Your changes get redeployed on-the-fly thanks to some JavaRebel magic.',
'All the best practices in a nutshell. If you find room for improvement, please share!',
'Checkboxes can be used to select Set contents.',
'All your missing i18n resources can be found at ${temp}/missing-resources.properties.',
'Check the addons project for additional features such as confirmation messages, multiple file uploading, tree components...',
'Use RetrieveEntity to enjoy some db persistence magic.',
'The browser cache can be optimized in a snap',
"Still there? You are looking for the commercial support, aren't you?"
]).shuffle();
var tipsContainer = $('tips');
var tipCount = 0;
tipsContainer.update('');
var updateTips = function() {
if (tipsContainer.immediateDescendants().length >= 8) {
var first = tipsContainer.firstDescendant();
first.identify();
Effect.Fade(first.id);
Effect.SlideUp(first.id, { duration: 1.5, afterFinish: function(s) {
s.element.remove();
}});
first = null;
}
// get next tip
tipsContainer.insert('' + tips[tipCount++ % tips.length] + '
');
new Effect.Appear(tipsContainer.immediateDescendants().last(), { delay: .2 });
};
// check if the right column should be removed
if (/(Action)|(view-source)/.match(window.location.href)) {
$('tips').remove();
$('main').setStyle({ marginRight: 0, borderRight: 'none' });
} else {
new PeriodicalExecuter(updateTips, 10);
}
//Remove the fouc css class once the file has been loaded
// TODO: this could be done in a more efficient way by removing the display attribute
// of the CSS style instead of using this selector
$$('.fouc').invoke('removeClassName', 'fouc');