The two are very different. I am going to refrain from guessing which you decided was a hack.
CFAJAX comprises a set of JavaScript files and a ColdFusion include; it works by translating the results of CF function calls (made via DWR) into JavaScript, which is then sent back to the browser. It is straightforward to implement and covers both calling and returning CF variables (along with some utilities to use the returns in an efficient way). It requires nothing more that a standard CF server and will work with no CFADMIN changes or other server config. As it pertains to CF, WebOrb (according to what I've just read on their site) is a set of Java servlets that integrates with multiple backend technologies (CF, Java, SOAP etc) and provides services for multiple client technologies (browser AJAX, Flash Remoting etc). It will require a servlet container (i.e. forget CF standard unless you want to install the included Jetty or another container) and some configuration within the server. If you just need an straightforward way to AJAX with CF, try CFAJAX or any of the similar packages that have been turning up. If you want to have something that will also work with a Flash front end and port to ..Net/EJB/whatever, try giving WebOrb a go. On 2/5/06, Aaron Roberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have recently been looking into RIA's using CFML and AJAX and I have > come across two technologies that both look like they do what I am > looking for but the one is sort of a hack and the other appears to be > much more sophisticated. > > Can anyone on this list tell me what the differences and similarities > are between CFAJAX and WebOrb? > > The WebOrb site is: http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/ > The CFAJAX site is: http://indiankey.com/cfajax -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231379 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
