so in Ajax world, what is the perfered defacto method of formatting data to use in Ajax code? Is there one so that any member of my team of developers can quickly modify the code?
One point I'd add is dev speed and app size. For a large app that has drag+drop, charting, rich forms, messaging, etc Flex seems to have Ajax beat in dev time. Add to this you really don't need to worry about browser versions that much. Of course as soon as someone develops the ulitmate Ajax IDE, this may all change. I'd say a uber IDE that does Ajax with the ease Flex Builder does is the Web 2.0 killer app. With Adobe Spry being introduced, maybe we can ssupect they are developing one, eh? DK On 7/9/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:2961 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:37 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
