Thanks for the suggestions. I do think a higher level of abstraction is possible - even with some of the nice libraries, JavaScript somehow feels more verbose than the Python I write on the server side. I was just reviewing some code I wrote which makes an Ajax request and when it returns, creates or updates a chart with the data. 40 lines of code! If I build a chart in Excel, it updates automatically when the data changes and I don't have to write *any* code. :-)
Barry ----- Original Message ---- From: Daniel Fetchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 1:36:00 PM Subject: [TurboGears] Re: Ajax without JavaScript? > My company is developing a number of web-based applications using > TurboGears. We'd like to give our consultants a set of high-level tools for > Ajax development (both browser event handling and Ajax/JSON requests to the > server). I have found a couple of tools which claim to do this: > AppCelerator: http://www.appcelerator.org/screencasts > KSS: http://kssproject.org/ > > Does anyone have experience using one or both of these tools on a real-world > project? I'd love to hear about your experience. Are there other tools like > this should we consider? > > Other things we'd like this tool to do: > - Be easy to extend with our own GUI controls or encapsulating existing > controls from other libraries. AppCelerator mentions having this ability. > (Presumably we'd use JavaScript to create the controls, but the person using > them wouldn't need to.) > - Make server requests that return arbitrary data (typically JSON or XML) > and display it in the GUI > - Translate normal 'form submit' into an Ajax request I'd recommend ext.js, http://extjs.com/ it not only handles ajax for you but also has abstracted several components away like jsonreader, datastore, datagrid, etc, etc, which can be used in a very modular way. And it has very cool GUI components too. The documentation is great which I find one of the most compelling arguments for using it. HTH, Daniel ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. 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/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
