> My first AJAX interaction (which was very simple) took me about 15 minutes > to complete from googling the term to implementation.
But how long would it take you with little or no JS experience... > My first AJAX interaction Got that in tutorial form? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:16 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Inline frames a good alternative for creating web > applications? > > > My first AJAX interaction (which was very simple) took me about 15 minutes > to complete from googling the term to implementation. > > Granted I already have exposure to Javascript, but it is worth it. > > - Calvin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:50 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Inline frames a good alternative for creating web > applications? > > > Apologies for getting all philisophical and preachy, but such is life. > > No...you're absolutely right. I know that AS, JS, and AJAX are outside my > "domain", experience, and comfort zone. > > I come at this not from a programmer for a corporation, where my job may > depend on knowing some of this stuff. The sites I build are dynamic using > CF, but no other languages. I'm a one-man shop with relatively small-time > clients who don't even know what a "dynamic site" > is until I introduce it to them. > > Being an independent designer/programmer (CF), without a salary, I have to > work project to project for income and none of my clients are asking for > Rich Client apps...but some are asking for office apps to use in-house to > replace software. I'm always looking for better ways to do that, but at a > reasonable cost / effort perspective. They have no demands for Rich > Clients, but I often sell solutions I develop before clients know > they need > them. But some solutions are just too costly to work on. (Time mainly, > which translates to income) > > The question I'm asking myself is would something like inline > frames suffice > for now, since they're easily implemented? I'm doing the same > sort of thing > with CFINCLUDEs for tables, etc., instead making clients go to > another page > to fill out a form, I just CFINCLUDE the form on the page when they click > the "Add Account" link. Looks to me like the only thing refreshed is the > DIV I'd placed the table in. (Just been playing around with DIV's as > containers) > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:30 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Inline frames a good alternative for creating web > > applications? > > > > > > Well, JS remoting capabilities have been around since the late > > ninties, so it's hardly new technology. I'm not sure why there's been > > a sudden upsurge in interest, because it's certainly not a new > > concept, and has been used all over the place for many years. I think > > the word AJAX has some subconcious appeal to people, because that's > > all it is: a buzzword. There is no such thing as AJAX technology, no > > versions of it, nothing. > > > > I'll certainly agree that IFRAMEs are easier to understand than JS > > remoting, but then, a steak knife is easier to understand than a > > compound miter saw as well. You could frame a house with either one, > > but, well, you see where I'm going. ;) > > > > Part of being a good developer is being familiar with enough tools to > > pick the right one for a job, and also to appreciate that some jobs > > fall outside your domain experience, and you'll either have to expand > > your domain, or turn down the job. It's a hard fact of life (no one > > likes to say "yeah, um, I don't know how to do that"), but it is a > > fact. And the more varied your knowledge, the less it'll happen. > > > > Apologies for getting all philisophical and preachy, but such is life. > > > > cheers, > > barneyb > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222490 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
