Interesting... I've done a good deal of asynch work with JS... none of it with "AJAX" and hadn't really seen a need for it in all honesty... the only thing that I'd heard about AJAX that even made me remotely consider the possibility that at some point in the remote distant future it might be semi-useful in some obscure way for some one-off task was the use of XML. :P
Seriously tho... if you're using AJAX but not using XML, what's to differentiate that from simply using JS? (Asside from the buzz-word appeal.) > Hello, > I'll second Barney's post with a big +1. For simple data > passing, you > don't even need to use XML, let alone SOAP based web > services - you can > get simple text strings and inject them directly in your > layout. Google > XHConn for a nice little(43 lines) .js file that wraps the > XMLHttpRequest object (or MS equivalent) and will have you > getting/posting from your page in minutes. I guess you'd > want to look > into a more complete framework (like CFAjax) for real > work, but this > will get you up and tinkering in minutes (no need to > create server > mappings, etc) > After all the brouhaha over AJAX in the last few months, > the biggest > surprise for me was how simple it was. > /t s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:214222 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
