+1 to what Charlie said. As far as lessening the learning curve, definitely use one of the JS libraries. jQuery is great. I have been using Spry the last week or so and I really like it a *lot*. It is really easy to use and is rolled into DW CS3 and CS4, as well as Aptana. I have been able to do some really cool stuff with very little code with both Spry and jQuery.
~G~ On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Should I look into the built-in Ajax stuff with cf8 or go with a third > > party like JQuery? > > > > If you're comfortable with JavaScript, I'd recommend the jQuery method. > > The CF AJAX stuff shields you from having to write JS... which I guess is a > good thing if you don't know it and don't have a desire to learn it. But > there are some drawbacks: > > 1) uses an older version of Ext. If you want something more up-to-date, > you'll have to roll your own anyway. > 2) imports a LOT of script tags. i've herad that there are some tweaks to > reduce the number of included scripts... but out of the box, there's an > awful lot of .js being imported for something as simple as a tool tip. > > using jQuery (or any of the other external libraries) really gives you full > control. > > > -- > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my > wife. And I wish you my kind of success. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:315062 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
