On 7/9/06, Mike Nimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few thoughts, > > One problem, proprietary xml formats. From what I've found most ajax > "frameworks" are looking for specific xml elements. They all have their > own idea of what the xml should look like. Meaning if you want to swap > our the js library (openRico, spry, etc..) half way through development > you have to change the code on the server to generate a different XML > packets. Or if you want to use multiple frameworks you need to code the > server to return the same data in different xml formats. > > Data: Ajax support XML. Flex supports XML (http or webservices), AMF (a > lot smaller and faster), RTMP (push), data services, native data type > support, Value Objects. With Ajax, and XML in Flex, you are creating and > parsing xml on the client and server. In general xml parsing is slow, > you'll never notice it will small records. But a grid with a couple of > hundred or more records and you will notice it. This is when AMF shines. >
I've done several AJAX updates to sites where I've never touched XML. It's much more faster to use JSON and parsing a JSON package is next to nothing. It's one simple eval statement. Really though, AJAX supports a lot more than XML, you can pass whatever you want through it....HTML, text, SOAP, JSON, etc. -- There more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line. And the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:37/messageid:2960 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:37 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
