On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:43:14 -0500 Adam Chlipala <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This toolkit (and probably all others) also support some non-static > > behavior, such as dynamic ajax requests, events and some form of IO, > > which are additional things to consider. > > One thing to keep in mind is that Ur/Web presents a novel alternate > picture of how to program client-side applications. Many newcomers > ask how they can access jQuery. From my understanding of that > library, I think the question is misguided, since Ur/Web provides, > out-of-the-box, alternate, better ways of doing the main things > jQuery does. You might find that everything you're accustomed to > needing to build up laboriously in JavaScript is actually trivial to > do in the default Ur/Web client-side model. Let me ask a specific question: let's say you wanted to insert a date selection widget with functionality such as: http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/dijit/form/DateTextBox.html#dijit-form-datetextbox (Click "View example" on that page, as usual). Would you code it yourself, or use a toolkit? _______________________________________________ Ur mailing list [email protected] http://www.impredicative.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ur
