In this group we should formulate and discuss the required and optional features for Spreadsheets as nodes in Drupal. I have started a Spreadsheet module and will upload it once I have .csv import working (as an obvious requirement for any Spreadsheet module).
All are welcome to join this group, programmers, users, developers, etc... and give me their two cents as to what is required for a Spreadsheet module in Drupal.
Also, I would like to try and find some other developers to collaborate with so that our module ends up being as good as possible.
Drupalcon Boston 2008 mashup demo
This is the 5-minute "video from the future" demo presented by Dries in his State of Drupal keynote presentation at Drupalcon Boston 2008. The video demonstrates some of the mashup capabilities of an RDF and SPARQL-enabled Drupal as envisioned by Dries for the upcoming Drupal 7.x release. The version of the demo below includes the original narration by Ben Lavender (the audio from Dries's actual presentation is also available - the RDF material starts after the 52m:30s marker).
Matrix project
I just installed and used the Matrix CCK module, which seems to work very well. This is an obvious place to start adding some JavaScript. I think the best solution is to use a hook_form_alter, and to check for the matrix field type, and if it exists, to layer some JavaScript on the existing form to add some functionality. An obvious improvement I see for the matrix field type is JavaScript to allow arrow key moving between fields, and mousewheel moving up and down through the fields, this will save a lot of time when editing the form.
Any other comments?
Dave
Read moreOptional features
On this page we want to list some features which we would like to see in a Spreadsheet module, but which are not required. I've started a list below, and you are welcome to edit this list as you see fit. We may also occasionally move items from this list to the required feature list, if people see the need.
These are in no particular order.
Read moreRequired features
For this page, we would like to list the features which we consider to be fundamental to a spreadsheet module. This list will help us focus our development energies on creating the features which are the most important to our users.
These are in no particular order.
- CSV uploading
- Basic spreadsheet functions - implement through JavaScript
- Edit raw data
- Permissions to view but not edit
