We could be using Leaflet.js and it's vector features to visualize the J4 workflows. Why not?

[alexandreelise]

Hello Super Joomlers,

The open source javascript high performance and low memory and file size footprint called Leaflet.js could be used to render the workflow nodes even on a huge map due to its zoom , pan etc, features just like a real map. The thing is instead of rendering gps coordinates as points etc. We might render svg or canvas shapes on the map with cartesian coordinates or custom coordinate system. Here is the link to the project: Get Leaflet . Here is the story behind Leaflet: Leaflet story

Share your thoughts about this. Do you think it's worth a try?

[alexandreelise]

Hi Benjamin @bembelimen what do you think about this?

[alexandreelise]

Here is a starting point we could look into. Non Geographic Maps

[dgrammatiko]

Meh, I wouldn't use this library for workflows, there are other helpers that fit way better the given task. My 2c

[dgrammatiko]

Eg:
demo: https://alyssax.com/x/flowy
repo: https://github.com/alyssaxuu/flowy

[alexandreelise]

Hi Dimitris. The app you showed is nice but can it handle huge workflows? Leaflet is insanely fast but maybe I am wrong and it's not the right tool for this use case.

[dgrammatiko]

Define huge.
Also (unless the code was fundamentally changed, I haven't followed the improvements in that space) a reasonable amount of workflow steps will deem Joomla unusable due to poorly designed SQL queries