On Nov 18, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Tantek Çelik wrote:
So is AHAH then just a particular flavor of AJAX?
Yeah, I would say so. In fact, I think I already did:
http://microformats.org/wiki/rest/ahah#Relation_to_AJAX
Strictly speaking, AHAH can be considered a subset of AJAX, since
(X)HTML is just a special kind of XML. However, it is a subset with
some very specific and useful properties:
The lack of custom XML schemas dramatically reduces design time
AHAH can trivially reuse existing HTML pages, avoiding the need for
a custom web service
All data transport is done via browser-friend HTML, easing
debugging and testing
The HTML is designed to be directly embedded in the page's DOM,
eliminating the need for parsing
As HTML, designers can format it using CSS, rather than programmers
having to do XSLT transforms
Going from AJAX to AHAH is just a minor technical detail, but (IMHO)
a major conceptual shift.
-- Ernie P.
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Ex-Physicist, Marketing Weenie, and Dilettante Hacker
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