On 9/14/07, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9/14/07, Hamptonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > \> > Isn't this exactly the sort of thing that javascript/AJAX is good at > doing? > > > When you move an html control the server is contacted for the updated > > > output and it is displayed (by directly manipulating the DOM). I'm > sure > > > it won't be as snappy as a purely local GUI (e.g., Mathematica), but > it > > > will work from anywhere over a web browser, which counts for a lot > > > these days. > > > > Well that's why I asked, I am ignorant about javascript/AJAX. Can you > > suggest a good reference? > > No, unfortunately I can't, but hopefully someone else can. There are > a lot of bookstores in Barnes and Noble about "AJAX". It's also how > programs > like Google Maps, etc., work. > > It took me quite a while to get my head around AJAX programing. Basically > Alex Clemesha and Tom Boothby made a bunch of self-contained examples > and gave some takes, and after a while I just "got it". That was a while > ago and there are probably good books now.
I just posted a cleaned-up example of AJAX-twisted.web2-SAGE here: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/agc/simple_ajax_twisted_sage.py just getting your hands dirty by messing with examples is best, then go to the books / google and learn about the details of the code. The script above pretty much gives you the simplest possible example of how to combine the technologies that make up the SAGE notebook. There is a tiny README at the top of the file. Good luck with it. Alex William > > -- William > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
