TheDock Project

Note : Suggestions are welcome. So, correct my english :). Thanks...

About

This is a ambitious project. I intend to create a framework called TheDock that provide a space for development applications using TCL/TK through the internet and to publish it. The end users will be able to access these applications using TheDock. TheDock have accesses controller using a database where are registered the users and other objects involved with the project.
I intend use :

tclhttpd	To provide the server side.
SOAP	To provide the rpc. It works in the server and client sides.
tkHTML	To provide the basis for the GUI. First I try to use the tcl plug-in for Netscape and I.E. But I.E. have problems with them and the plug-in work with the tcl and tk version 8.0.
Itcl	To provide OOP.
BLT	To provide a package with widgets.
Metakit	To store objects.

I finished the development of the package that store the objects ( db ) and other package that control the user access over each object into the package ( dbUse ). This last package are under development.

Topics about TheDock - Planning

The next topics are the planning about how I am viewing the project ( topics under construction).

Database to store the objects and improve security
A server side using tclhttpd and SOAP that control the access to the objects and run remote procedure call.
A client side using tkHTML and SOAP.
The client side have 4 areas : Menu, Toolbox, Desktop and Status. Each area is a object into the database.
User Object : To control access to the objects into the database.
Group Object : User's group.
Program Object : Procedures, packages and GUI.
Program.RAID Object : Colorize text, break points, debug, animate, trace variables, etc...
Program.CASE Object : View/Edit programs in a graphical interface.
Program.DESIGN Object : To create the interface with the user ( widgets ).
Data Object : Data structure to access databases ( Oracle, Sybase...) , structured texts ( EDI, XML), and others.
Doc Object : To make docs about objects.
Report Object : To create and print reports.