The Perforce JavaScript API A Platform for User Innovation Fred Malouf Director Client Development James Creasy Product Technology Research Manager
Perforce JavaScript API
Jan 19, 2015
This session will explore how to extend the functionality of Perforce clients with the power of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The vision for these applets is to be portable across P4V, P4Admin, P4Eclipse, and a browser. The toolkit will define an object model and will handle events, selections, and other services. The Perforce JavaScript API is more than a cool new feature for customers: it also provides a platform for internal innovation on Perforce's flagship GUI and beyond. Quick prototyping brings touchable validation for ideas to a wide range of employees across the organization.
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The Perforce JavaScript API
A Platform for User Innovation
Fred Malouf Director Client Development
James Creasy Product Technology Research Manager
CULTURE OF CONTRIBUTION
DRIVING FORCE
• Leverage web development skills
• Quick time to market
• Stability across server versions
2011 BIG PICTURE
Perforce Server
JavaScript API
P4 C++ API
User Custom App
P4V
JavaScript API
P4 Java API
User Custom App
web engine
Eclipse
JavaScript API
Web Services
User Custom App
Browser
web engine web engine
PERFORCE COMMON OBJECT MODEL (PCOM)
• Client Side Abstract Object Model
• Perforce Objects
• Perforce Operations
• Consistent naming scheme for object field names
• Consistent operation names where possible
SIMPLE APP USING PERFORCE JAVASCRIPT API
SIMPLE APP USING PERFORCE JAVASCRIPT API
SIMPLE APP USING PERFORCE JAVASCRIPT API
SIMPLE APP USING PERFORCE JAVASCRIPT API
SUPER COOL APPS
• Contributions by people in diverse roles
• Safe experimentation
• Rapid development
CHANGELIST TRAJECTORY
Where did my change go?
STREAMS TIMELINE
Which changes have been integrated between streams?
P4 OGLE
How can I search Perforce metadata?
JOB VIEWER
How can I customize my jobs view?
STREAM VIEW APPLET
How can I visualize module dependencies between streams?
PERFORCE JAVASCRIPT API FUTURE
• API for Container Services
• Administrator-Managed Application Deployment
• User-Managed Application Deployment
• Digitally Signed Applications
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
• PCOM frees you from our development cycles and the
“down and dirty p4-isms”.
• Perforce JavaScript API opens the door wide and
encourages collaboration.
Ecosystem
What will you build?
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