Where the wild things are

We have our design, so let's step a little closer and examine the parts of the application where a little more detail may be required. For example, we have a controller method called onAddClick that will be handling the process of adding a new record, but what will this actually entail and are there any pain points hidden within? Here's what needs to happen when this handler is done with its job:

• Ask the user for a name for the new page

• Create a new blank record with default values and the page name

• Add the page as a child node of the current page

• Load the record in the detail panel

• Show the new record in the tree

That's a lot for a single controller action. Let's look at how we might code it to see whether we're trying to do too much. We'll write some pseudocode (fake code) to drill down into some detail:

newPageName = promptUser 'Please enter a page name'

newPageModel = new Page {
    text = newPagename
}

pageTree.addAndSelect newPageModel

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