Respond to application readiness — Connect the previous skills

PART I

Warm-up

Reconnect with a useful idea before starting respond to application readiness. In one or two sentences, describe the input, output or host boundary from the previous exercise that this lesson builds on. If you are arriving directly, skim the worked example first; there is no locked prerequisite.

A rough note is enough. You can revise it after the example.

PART II

Instruction & guided example

Integrate ready state with a closed owner

Readiness is a transition, not an import. An application declaration registers a response. Registration, delivery of app.ready, and execution of the response are separate moments. The supplied exercise host decides delivery timing and whether registration after readiness receives a replay. Never infer replay or exactly-once delivery from the callback syntax.

A preview window opens at t=0, closes at t=4, and receives a delayed ready notification at t=6. Exercise contract: a closed preview may not be shown again by late callbacks.

Use an event ledger: time, delivered event, owner state, response, and visible state. A row that registers a callback has no delivered event. Mark the visible state unchanged until a host-delivered event authorizes the response. Worked case: The ledger moves owner Open → Closed at t=4. At t=6, readiness may be recorded for diagnostics, but applying a visible preview update is disallowed because its owner is Closed. No cancellation API is assumed.

Compare the tempting alternative: Treating ready as permission to reopen violates the supplied owner rule. A late event does not reverse a confirmed close.

Worked reasoning and supplied artifact

// Paper trace / supplied exercise-host contract; no execution claimed.
// A preview window opens at t=0, closes at t=4, and receives a delayed ready notification at t=6. Exercise contract: a closed preview may not be shown again by late callbacks.
// The ledger moves owner Open → Closed at t=4. At t=6, readiness may be recorded for diagnostics, but applying a visible preview update is disallowed because its owner is Closed. No cancellation API is assumed.

Illustrative example from the proposed WillowScript design. The language and WUIX/WMATH/WDB/WAUDIO/WTMP services are not implemented in the supplied source. This site has no interpreter, VM or native host and does not execute or certify the snippet.

Try the guided change

Reconstruct the supplied worked case first: list its inputs, intermediate decisions and final artifact. Compare each row with the explanation and identify exactly where the rejected alternative fails. Then use the changed inputs in Part IV for independent work.

• Write the supplied inputs and initial state before following the example.
• Reconstruct each intermediate calculation or host decision, then compare with the worked artifact.
• Explain why the contrasting alternative fails before attempting the changed inputs in Part IV.

PART III

Take a breather

Step back after the guided example. Look away from the screen, stretch, or reread your prediction. This is an optional learning pause, not a timer or an assessment gate.

When you return, try to name the lesson’s key idea without copying its wording. If that feels difficult, return to Part II and trace one line rather than restarting the entire lesson.

PART IV

Independent practice

Project context: Support request workflow. Build a small, understandable change around respond to application readiness.

Add a second preview opened at t=5 with a different identity. Trace whether the first preview’s delayed notification may update the second.

What to produce

An owner-identity ledger covering two previews and the late event.

• State the intended behavior in a sentence before editing.
• Use only source-backed syntax and the host services whose contract you have been given.
• Record a normal case and a boundary or unavailable-resource case.
• Label hand predictions separately from anything actually measured in a supplied toolchain.

Syntax colors are a reading aid, not a compiler. The line you are editing stays uncolored until you move to a different line; capitalization is never changed. Drafts stay on this browser and code is not executed.

import wuix.widget;
import app;
domain Workspace {
    const application = Application({
        name: "Workspace",
        window: { title: "Dashboard", size: [1280, 800] },
        events: {
            "app.ready": fnc() -> void { console.log("Ready"); }
        }
    });
}

PART V

Self-check

Use this check to notice what to revisit. It does not award a private course grade, block another page or claim to verify compiled code. Every answer has a learning explanation.

You may keep exploring even if you are unsure. Use the hint, compare the trace, and revise your explanation.

PART VI

Recap & small task

Bring the idea back to the mod feature you are building. A useful recap connects the mechanism to a decision you can make in your own code.

• Integrate ready state with a closed owner
• Add a second preview opened at t=5 with a different identity. Trace whether the first preview’s delayed notification may update the second.
• Separate source-backed behavior, host requirements and untested predictions.

One small recap task

Name the identity that a delayed update must still match.

This marks your personal practice record only. It is not a certification or an official workspace assessment.