> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Drew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:31 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Thinking Aloud: WDDX & AJAX > > I havent used it for a long time, but do people think the WDDX > Javascript libraries are a good way to handle AJAX type functions? > > Have people been using this already?
Sure. Why not? The core idea is to pass structured data and WDDX does this admirably. Now, that said, there are also other options. My favorite (go figure) is the one I designed and built: http://www.depressedpress.com/Content/Development/YODEL/Index.cfm I think that, especially on the JavaScript side, YODEL offers a lot of potential not realized in WDDX. Using custom handlers you can really make the YODEL deserializer do just about anything you need. The CFC version is just as capable but is written in CFC - it's not as fast as the native WDDX parser built into CFC, but it is more capable (it has the same custom handler capabilities as the JavaScript version and does some other nice tricks). For large recordsets YODEL, when leveraging the metadata options, also results in smaller packet-sizes than other XML-based solutions. You can also look at XML-RPC (the oldest of the bunch, but also the least defined and most verbose) and JSON (the only non-XML dialect; it's implicitly typed which bugs the hell out of me but also features, by far, the smallest packet size.) All of these options have currently supported JavaScript and CFML implementations. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:223849 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
