> > When debugging in firefow, I also noticed that the dojo library loaded a > long list of files taking up some time whereas the prototype library was > only one file. I certainly don't want to say that "dojo is better than > prototype" - I have way to little knowledge about both libraries, but I > wonder if the "overhead" could be avoided when loading the dojo libraries > (using 1 file?)? >
I don't use Dojo, but from what I understand this might be helpful: http://dojotoolkit.org/book/dojo-book-0-4/part-6-customizing-dojo-builds-better-performance/dojo-build-system/creating-cust -Matt On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Marc Grue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matthew Weier O'Phinney-3 wrote: > > > > Look into dojo.xhr: > > > > > > > http://dojotoolkit.org/book/dojo-book-0-9/part-3-programmatic-dijit-and-dojo/ajax-transports > > > > There's not a direct equivalent to Ajax.Updater, but it's trivial to use > > dojo.place to inject the content into your DOM via a load callback. > > > > Thanks for the link and guidance, Matthew! > > I messed around with the dojo.xhr parts and found a solution that worked > (sending a form) but wasn't as elegant as my old prototype way (sending > var/value pairs). I have included both below if somebody can use them. > > When debugging in firefow, I also noticed that the dojo library loaded a > long list of files taking up some time whereas the prototype library was > only one file. I certainly don't want to say that "dojo is better than > prototype" - I have way to little knowledge about both libraries, but I > wonder if the "overhead" could be avoided when loading the dojo libraries > (using 1 file?)? > > I have some follow-up questions: > How can I get the response back from the action in my controller and > 'cancel' all other aggregated content in the view? Do I have to use > contextSwitch action helper somehow, or am I on the wrong track? > Embarrasing: for now I do an *ugly* die($content) to just abort and echo > the > data back. > > I'm also sending a format variable with the ajax call to determine in my > action if I should send back the result to an ajax call or if it's a > 'normal' request where all subsequent actions should carry out and build > the > whole page. But shouldn't I be able to detect an ajax call without the > format variable?! > > > DOJO SOLUTION (in view script) =================================== > ... load dojo libraries ... > <button onclick="javascript: > var kw = { > form: dojo.byId("listForm"), // form with var1/value1 > url: "myController/myAction/format/ajax", > handleAs:"text", > load: function(response){ > dojo.byId('myBox').innerHTML = response; > }, > error: function(data){ > alert("Holy Bomb Box, Batman! An error occurred: " + > data); > }, > timeout: 2000 > }; > dojo.xhrGet(kw); // or: dojo.xhrPost(kw); > " >Replace the content in myBox</button> > > <div id="myBox">Old content...</div> > > > PROTOTYPE SOLUTION (in view script) ================================== > ... load prototype libraries ... > <button onclick="javascript: > new Ajax.Updater(success: 'myBox'}, > '/myController/myAction/format/ajax/var1/value1');" >Replace the content in > myBox</button> > > <div id="myBox">Old content...</div> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Zend_Dojo-vs-Prototype-tp20757810p20803325.html > Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
