Diagram Editor like application: modelling question
Hi all,
I want to create a webapp that you can compare with a diagrameditor or a graph editor. You have a panel where you can edit diagrams (add, move, remove objects and edges) and the user must have the possibility to save (and load) the "diagrams".
I'm a beginner in jQuery, for now it's quite hard to see the good trees in the big forest jQuery has
For the panel, what can you recommend me?
How should I save the data best:
- to a mysql-db, with a good db model to just store the coordinates and the sort of objects
- maybe there's an easy way to make (save) and parse (load) XML for this?
- .. other recommends?
From the diagrams I want to make an image too. Could there be an easy way for this? Is there a possibility to make a "print" of the panel. Or should i create an image using the data in the model?
I hope somebody can help me, so that I don't realize it could be far more easier after it's finished
Thanks in advance,
Chielus