I think you hit it right on the head. jQuery's DOM-centric approach makes it very easy to create new UI experiences. Couple that with the great plugins available and there's no reason why any app can't have some cool new features incorporated into it.
Also, the only other community that I've found that is anywhere near as helpful as the jQuery community is found right here on CF-Talk. Rey... Michael E. Carluen wrote: > Thanks Rey. Will do... I'm sure that anyone can cut the sample code down by > as much as 30%. As you said, it is quite easy especially when developing a > new app. > However, for most CF developers, the challenge has been the 'makeover' of > legacy apps with the latest JS libraries- specifically: modernizing the UI > and incorporating ajax. jQuery, by far, is the easiest to implement into > existing CF code. By that I mean, you can modernize your UI and form > processing without completely re-writing your page. > Again thanks, > Michael > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:20 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: CF+jQuery Click Drag Sorting Demo >> >> Great work Michael! >> >> I'm so happy to see people taking the ball with jQuery and really coming >> up with cool samples. Looks like a pretty straightforward use of the >> sortables plugin. Very nice. >> >> It was pretty easy to build that wasn't it? :o) >> >> Be sure to post this on the jQuery mailing list >> (http://jquery.com/discuss/) so that you can get people to eval your >> code and offer suggestions. >> >> Rey Bango... >> jQuery Project Team >> >> Michael E. Carluen wrote: >>> Rick F or anyone else who is interested: >>> >>> I just put up a quick working demo of CF using jQuery with >>> the Interface Sortable and Draggable Plugins. The demo saves the >> serialized >>> sorted list into a mySql database. Included on the demo page is a link >> to >>> the complete .cfm code >>> >>> You can further optimize the code by going straight to an ajax post. (I >> only >>> did it "the long way" just to mimic what I have mentioned to Rick >> earlier in >>> this thread.) >>> >>> Goto: http://www.365labs.net/cf_jquery/interface/form_sort.cfm >>> >>> Have fun, >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
