Saying that, I found Ajax in Action to be a very good reference item.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael E. Carluen To: CF-Talk Sent: Wed Jun 13 18:58:00 2007 Subject: RE: Ajax/flex/spry To add to Rey's suggestion: yes, get up to speed with your JS basics and fundamentals first... you don't have to be an expert but still know the JS syntax and constructs before ajax. Then, decide on the JS library that serves your need. There have been more than enough comparison discussions on this subject in the list archive. So just dig-in. I will not suggest for you to pickup any AJAX books since the technology is just changing so quickly, that some, if not most, seems to be out-dated by the time the book goes in print. Just save you Moolah for your caffeine. (just my opinion, though some might disagree.) I am sure that whatever js/ajax library you choose will have more than enough online docs for you go on. Finally, don't forget one of the best js/ajax teacher of all...: "view source". > -----Original Message----- > From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:24 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Ajax/flex/spry > > Charles, > > If you only know minimal JS, you should really consider getting a good > book on it and picking it up before diving into an Ajax library. While > most Ajax libs abstract JS to some extent, eventually, you're going to > have to dig into it to actually build something. > > If you just want a straight Ajax library, then I would suggest AjaxCFC > or JSMX. If you want more in terms of widgets, then mxAjax has that. > > I use jQuery which is one of the more popular JS libs, because of its > ease of syntax, community and wealth of widgets. I've turned on a number > of CF folks to it and they've been very happy with it. > > Adobe Spry is also a nice alternative and includes some very nice data > binding capabilities. > > Rey... > > Charles Sheehan-Miles wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > So this is a request for opinions. I'm way behind the curve in that > I've > > done nothing in terms of Ajax or flex. > > > > I'm looking for opinions in terms of what would be the quickest and > easiest > > to get up to speed on. I only know the most minimal javascript. Any > > opinions on what is the most effective to get up to speed on quickly? > > > > Is there anything that's already encapsulated in cfcs? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charles > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
