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--- newdevs:landscape:code [2020/07/16 11:06] – tmccanna
+++ newdevs:landscape:code [2023/12/04 16:00] (current) – Moved Bootstrap to Bootstrap section; added CSS Grid scl
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 **AsciiDoc:** AsciiDoc is a plain text format for creating documentation. Evergreen uses it to write the official Evergreen documentation and release notes that get included with the software.
-**Bootstrap:** See CSS below.
+**Bootstrap:** The web client uses the Bootstrap CSS library ([[https://getbootstrap.com/]]). The older AngularJS pages use Bootstrap 3 and the newer Angular pages use Bootstrap 4. A new version of the public-facing OPAC developed with Bootstrap was made available with Evergreen version 3.6. If you would like to work on upgrading parts of the interface to a newer Bootstrap version, please refer to this [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NFx09zghDW_sGcbPnM8iED0_7S2XyISwCnWNuOMhLK4/edit?usp=sharing|Bootstrap 3--5.2 migration guide]] for a consolidated reference to class and function name changes.
-**CSS:** Cascading Style Sheets are used (along with HTML) to develop the look and feel of Evergreen's user interfaces in the OPAC and staff client. See [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS]]. The web client uses the Bootstrap CSS library ([[https://getbootstrap.com/]]. The older AngularJS pages use Bootstrap 3 and the newer Angular pages use Bootstrap 4.
+**CSS:** Cascading Style Sheets are used (along with HTML) to develop the look and feel of Evergreen's user interfaces in the OPAC and staff client. See [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS]] and [[newdevs:grid|CSS Grid]].
 **Dojo:** The Dojo Toolkit set of JavaScript libraries was used throughout the XUL client. Dojo-based scripts are currently being deprecated as they are replaced with Angular scripts.
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 **JSON:** JavaScript Object Notation is used throughout Evergreen.
+**OpenSRF:** Messaging architecture based on XMPP (jabber) that is used to transmit information within Evergreen. See: https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3284
 **Perl:** Much of the core business logic underlying Evergreen is built in Perl. If you are editing Perl files directly on the server, they are located under: usr/local/share/perl/[version number]/openils/www. If you are making changes to package into a Git branch, the files are located under: \Open-ILS\src\perlmods\lib\OpenILS\WWW\.
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 **XML:** XML (Extensible Markup Language) is used in several locations, including the Evergreen Fieldmapper (fm_IDL.xml) and the Kids' Catalog configuration file (kpac.xml),
-**XUL:** The original staff client was built on XULRunner, a Mozilla-based runtime environment. It is often referred to as "the XUL client" (pronounced like Zuul, the Gatekeeper of Gozer), and is no longer utilized by Evergreen.
+**XUL:** The original staff client was built on XULRunner, a Mozilla-based runtime environment. It is often referred to as "the XUL client" (pronounced like Zuul, the Gatekeeper of Gozer), and is no longer utilized by Evergreen. (However, there are still some components that have not been converted to Angular.)