James, Thank you for the brief overview. What I have gathered is that CFAJAX is strictly for converting CFC variables into JavaScript calls for AJAX implementation. This has been provided for free by a very generous, friendly web developer '-) On the otherhand, WebOrb does both that and Flash Remoting, but it includes a price tag.
What struck me odd about CFAJAX is that it requires special values in the "hint" attribute of the cffunction tag such as hint="type='keyvalue' jsreturn='array'". While placing such code in the hint attribute is not destructive when using the CFC in a traditional way, it is difficult for perfectionists (purists) to get used to. WebOrb does not require any special code within a CFC, which is much more ideal. I personally am not sold on Flash Remoting, so I would probably only make use of the AJAX implementation anyways. Therefore, I would rather not pay for remoting if I am not going to use it. This brings me to a delima: Do I "hack" my CFC's and use CFAJAX, or do I shell out the extra bucks for WebOrb even though I may not need Flash Remoting? By the way, this is all based on the presumption that I would be running BlueDragon JX on my box. Thanks for the insights, Aaron On 2/5/06, James Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:4:231385 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
