Jeff, To answer your question, I would recommend getting a firm understanding of how the base XHR works. You can get that from most intro books such as HeadStart Ajax or Ajax in Action. The former is much more intro than the latter and I would recommend the HeadStart book first. It will teach you the fundamentals in a very easy read.
From there, you have a variety of options. You can go with a couple of ColdFusion based libs such as: AjaxCFC MXAjax As much as I like AjaxCFC and have used it, I would bypass both of those libs altogether and choose one of the mainstream JS-based libs. I like having more control over things and having everything encpasulated for me isn't my deal. This is personal preference and not indicative of the two libs. Some great JS-libs to look at are: Jquery (http://www.JQuery.com) Prototype (http://prototype.conio.net/) Yahoo User Interface (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/) Dojo (http://dojotoolkit.org/) I currently use JQuery and love it. I've also used Prototype before and since its very similar in some areas to JQuery, its not too hard to go back and forth. The documentation is also top notch. The most popular out at the moment is Prototype combined with Scriptaculous for effects but the documentation is abysmal. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with any of the libraries I've mentioned above. Jeff Small wrote: > I know, I know...asked about a ZILLION times...but here's all I want. > > 1. I'm a CF programmer who doesn't use any kind of framework (okay, please > let's not go off on THAT tangent). I'm a formally taught CompSci grad dude > who's been using CF now for about ten years, never messed with ASP, never > messed with PHP, etc... I'm just 100% CF and I roll all my own. > 2. I'm a reasonably good Javascript programmer who's done what I'd call > "intermediate" JS, but nothing really super DOM heavy. > 3. I'm really interested in Ajax, but I want to learn it from a "CF Coder who > uses Dreamweaver as his main IDE" point of view. > 4. I'd love to see just a simple site or page with an overview of the options > for a CF programmer who wants to get into Ajax. Maybe something comparing the > various AJAX frameworks out there, or how other CF'ers who don't normally use > any kind of existing framework are getting into it. Maybe some simple > tutorials to get you to that "AHA" moment... > > Does this sound like too much to ask? Does such a thing exist, or have I > finally discovered a reason to blog? lol... (Jeff's experience getting into > Ajax Blog)... > > > -- > Jeff Small > LHWH Advertising > Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 > 843-448-1123 Ext 254 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:255854 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
