virtualization?

[Tyler Wright]

Hi all!

What would you call the feature where some container dynamically creates its children based on a template (aka itemRenderer) and the provided data.

I want to say virtualization, but I think that might be the idea behind lists that only have the minimum # of itemRenderers to fit within the viewable area, just rotating data.

Either way, I'd like to get a good name on both of these concepts. Any ideas?

Tyler

[Jacob Wright]

What would you call the feature where some container dynamically creates its children based on a template (aka itemRenderer) and the provided data.

You could just call it a list. Would it be confusing to say that a data grid is a list?

 

I want to say virtualization, but I think that might be the idea behind lists that only have the minimum # of itemRenderers to fit within the viewable area, just rotating data.

A virtualized list.

[Ryan Campbell]

I think list works, if not how about data container?

I don't think it's confusing to call a data grid a list. The OpenFlux DataGrid actually extends List.

Also, yes a virtualized list is a list that only contains item renders for the items currently in view.

[Tyler Wright]

List seems ambiguous as there are other things called List - there is the IList, the List component, etc. This would be used in List, TabBar, ButtonBar and others, anything with repeating renderers.

Ben said he thinks it's usually called Data Templating, or Data Rendering. I think that's probably the most familiar terminology for Flex devs, but let me know if you think of something more appropriate.

Tyler