Not specifically CF related, but definitely related to CF... if you get my meaning. ;^)
I've spent some time and created a library which extends JavaScript objects with several new methods. Here's a page I quickly shot out offering some basic documentation and an example of the debugging. http://www.depressedpress.com/depressedpress/test/ The code is VERY beta and not complete, but everything I show in my examples works (at least in the latest IE and FireFox). If you have the time and the inclination I'd love some feedback and suggestions. The most useful new feature (I think) is the "dpDump" method. Using this you can dump an html representation (not wholly unlike CFDUMP's output) of a JavaScript object to a debugging window. If you've ever wished for CFDUMP while working in JavaScript (like I have) this should make you happy. ;^) While doing that it became clear that other serializations would be relatively easy (since getting to HTML is really a serialization) so I also exposed the "dpSerialize" and "doDeserialize" methods. Right now the only thing works is JSON serialization (using a custom engine) and Deserialization (although this is, currently, "cheap" - all I'm doing is eval()). These methods are available from any JS object (objects, arrays, dates, etc) as a local method. For example: MyObject = new Object; MyObject.prop1 = "val1"; MyObject.prop2 = "val2"; MyObject.dpDump(); Will dump that object to a debugging window. To get the JSON representation of that object you just do: MyObject.dpSerialize("JSON"); The idea is to eventually provide many of the more tedious requirement for WebService/AJAX development as direct methods from the objects. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:214941 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
