Rick, Neil said it perfectly. Its good to know the ins and outs of Ajax but more specifically, DOM manipulation. Ajax functionality is a very small aspect of what everyone regards as Web 2.0-style development and whether you're using jQuery, Prototype or whatever CF8 provides, you need to familiarize yourself with how to work with the DOM.
Since I'm part of the CF8 beta, one thing I can say is that what you learn with jQuery will not be wasted when you use CF8. Rey... Rick Faircloth wrote: > Hi, all.. > > Just wanted to throw this out for some perspective. > > For a few years I've been wanting to get in on the Ajax-style development. > > However, dealing with javascript was just going to take more time than I > could > spare and keep up with project demands, since I have no experience with it. > > Along comes jQuery, and it's straightforward enough that I can probably make > it work without it becoming like a second job taking up so much time. > > But with CF 8 right around the corner, integrating Ajax into the tag code ( > I hope ), > working with Ajax development will become much easier and part of my > CF 8 development instead of an add-on through a js library like jQuery. > > So the question, becomes... spend a lot of time now learning to implement > jQuery > and "Web 2.0" interfaces and functionality or wait for CF 8, see what it > provides, > and then just fill in any remaining gaps with "third-party" development? > > Thanks for the perspective... > > Rick > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274769 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
