The State Changers meeting was a technical discussion between Carl and Ivan focused mostly on the integration of WeWeb, and also touched on concepts like JavaScript and Vue.js. They were working on a signature pad functionality, trying to devise a way to disable a button when the signature pad was empty. They decided to create a Boolean variable to identify whether the pad was empty.
They discussed the usage of custom Javascript to manipulate the appearance and behavior of WeWeb components. The team highlighted the importance of 'State Variables' within WeWeb, which trigger updates whenever they change. They further explained how to apply these to their system to achieve changes in the state of WeWeb components based on JavaScript events. At the end of the meeting, they managed to create the desirable functionality (disable/enable a button based on whether the signature pad is empty or not). They concluded their conversation by emphasizing the different aspects of using JavaScript and bridging it into WeWeb's 'cool and dynamic' land.
(Source: Office Hours 10/20/2023 )
