Michiel Helvensteijn

I don't understand the dependency problem here. Just have 'popover' depend on 'tooltip' through bower. No duplication necessary. That's what bower is for. (Dependencies are not bad. They are good.)

I see. Thanks! I guess validation seemed like a Validation Middleware kind of thing. So much so that I didn't look further. I suppose there are reasons to keep this...

The advantage of `Object.observe` is that it does not require the library to be set up in any particular way. It is (will be) just a part of Javascript. That...

I think the described problem is a bit lower level than setting up a data exchange model for biology. This is about the basic mechanism for subscribing to _any_ data...

> For me, this only is enough to leave this option out. _No_ event system is part of Javascript right now, i.e., they all require a library of some sort....

I've been exploring the concept of [Functional Reactive Programming (FRP)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_reactive_programming). It's a paradigm where 'observable events or values' become first-class citizens. This includes ways to pass, return, merge, zip, combine,...

> @Michiel @Max it would be great to see FRP in action with some BioJS 2.0 > components as a proof of concept to see its feasibility. You got it!...

> would you like to tell us about it and perhaps show us a short demo on > Thursday? Sure. I have to point out though, that I am by...

@daviddao: I did put some thought into that. And here it is: RX.js comes from Microsoft, ported from .net. I admit this already leaves a bad taste in my mouth,...

> would you like to tell us about it and perhaps show us a short demo on > Thursday? It occurs to me that the way these calls take place,...