[Cialug] java web toolkits

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I could really make use of dynamic option list too, especially, if it
could read its options from a mysql table.

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:44 -0600, David Champion wrote:
> Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> > On Dec 12, 2007 9:37 AM, <carl-olsen at mchsi.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I would not use a framework for this unless I had other reasons for using
> >> a framework.  I'm playing with symfony right now, but it will not run inside
> >> the CMS I have to integrate it with.  I'm using the ORM part of symfony to
> >> create my PHP objects, which is definitely a big advantage.
> >>
> >> Carl
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > Well, there are js only frameworks too. For Ubuntu.com I use mootools, but
> > jquery is similar (and more data focused, where moo is more visual/effect
> > focused). These libraries are relatively lightweight if you don't include
> > all the bells and whistles. They make loading json (or whatever) extremely
> > simple. Other benefits include simplifying your usual JS code. In moo I do
> > something like this to track external links:
> >
> > $$("a[href^='http://']").each(function(link) {
> >   link.addEvent('click', [code to do onclick])
> > }
> >
> > That gets all the "A" tags that have an href that matches the regex ^http://
> > and *adds* (not replaces) an onclick function to them.
> >
> > Ajax is as simple as:
> >
> > window.addEvent('domready', function() {
> > 	xhr.request().chain(selectmirror);
> > })
> >
> > var selectmirror = function () {
> >     [deal with the json/xml]
> > }
> >
> > However, learning the framework is a chore that you have to accomplish in
> > order to get the maximum benefit. So the upfront cost is high but the payoff
> > is long term.
> >   
> Is there some simple AJAX lib for Java that would be an equivalent of 
> xajax for PHP? That's so stupid simple that even I can do it. It's not 
> perfect, but it make adding AJAX to an existing PHP app very easy. The 
> first thing I used it for was exactly what DW is wanting to do - a 
> dynamic option list.
> 
> -dc
> 
> 
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