I''m a relative newbie at web programming and am trying to design a rails app while i simultaneously learn about rails by reading the documentation and perusing the newsgroup. My design leads me to want to have (i think) a bunch of div''s (the html element) on a page that i''m able to update independently of each other. The idea that i can even do such a thing was suggested to me by something i think i read. Now that i think that this is the approach i''d like to take (assuming i''m not grossly misremembering what i read) can someone point me to some documentation for this feature/capability? I''m guessing that this capability is more generally a DHTML thing (?) but that what i read was specifically how to achieve this in rails. If this sounds even _vaguely_ reminiscent of something that is doable then chalk up my confusion about the specifics to my not understanding very well what i was reading at the time. In this case, a brief description of what the technique _really_ is would be much appreciated. craig
David Morton wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > craig duncan wrote: > | If this sounds even _vaguely_ reminiscent of something that is doable > > Are you kidding? The buzzword is "ajax". This is a technique that some > have been doing for a while, but has recently become popular under the > term ajaz, and rails now has some really cool support for it. > > Search the archives and wiki for "ajax". It''s been talked about a *lot* > recently. :)Ah, yes. I''m aware of the buzz about this but didn''t put the two together. Ajax is a server side thing, i take it. So much to learn... Thanks.
Ajax is more a bunch of different technologies (which have been around for quite some time) "bundled" into one term. If you have used Gmail, it illustrates the power of ajax nicely.>From the link below, ajax consists of:* standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS; * dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model; * data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT; * asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest; * and JavaScript binding everything together. http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php Hope that helps a bit. Ben On Apr 10, 2005 11:12 PM, craig duncan <craig-duncan-ihVZJaRskl1bRRN4PJnoQQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> David Morton wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > craig duncan wrote: > > | If this sounds even _vaguely_ reminiscent of something that is doable > > > > Are you kidding? The buzzword is "ajax". This is a technique that some > > have been doing for a while, but has recently become popular under the > > term ajaz, and rails now has some really cool support for it. > > > > Search the archives and wiki for "ajax". It''s been talked about a *lot* > > recently. :) > > Ah, yes. I''m aware of the buzz about this but didn''t put the two together. Ajax is > a server side thing, i take it. So much to learn... Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 craig duncan wrote: | If this sounds even _vaguely_ reminiscent of something that is doable Are you kidding? The buzzword is "ajax". This is a technique that some have been doing for a while, but has recently become popular under the term ajaz, and rails now has some really cool support for it. Search the archives and wiki for "ajax". It''s been talked about a *lot* recently. :) - -- David Morton Maia Mailguard server side anti-spam/anti-virus solution: http://www.maiamailguard.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCWU2eSIxC85HZHLMRAsp7AKCcajkHpPwVkhnmJPwAoO2rI0Sp7wCfYLT8 gvkVCO6Z6VThnnOBOgrfzxU=9nrS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Apr 11, 2005 1:36 AM, Ben Myles <ben.myles-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Ajax is more a bunch of different technologies (which have been around > for quite some time) "bundled" into one term. If you have used Gmail, > it illustrates the power of ajax nicely. > > >From the link below, ajax consists of: > > * standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS; > * dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model; > * data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT; > * asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest; > * and JavaScript binding everything together. > > http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.phpStrictly speaking, Rails uses HTML and .innerHTML for it''s ajax. i.e no XML and no XHTML. Note that this is a good thing as it sure beats writing blah.createElement() 500 times.> Hope that helps a bit. > > Ben > On Apr 10, 2005 11:12 PM, craig duncan <craig-duncan-ihVZJaRskl1bRRN4PJnoQQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > David Morton wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > craig duncan wrote: > > > | If this sounds even _vaguely_ reminiscent of something that is doable > > > > > > Are you kidding? The buzzword is "ajax". This is a technique that some > > > have been doing for a while, but has recently become popular under the > > > term ajaz, and rails now has some really cool support for it. > > > > > > Search the archives and wiki for "ajax". It''s been talked about a *lot* > > > recently. :) > > > > Ah, yes. I''m aware of the buzz about this but didn''t put the two together. Ajax is > > a server side thing, i take it. So much to learn... Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Cheers Koz
Ben Myles wrote:> Ajax is more a bunch of different technologies (which have been around > for quite some time) "bundled" into one term. If you have used Gmail, > it illustrates the power of ajax nicely. > >>From the link below, ajax consists of: > > * standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS; > * dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model; > * data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT; > * asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest; > * and JavaScript binding everything together. > > http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php > > Hope that helps a bit. > > BenYes, thanks very much. A very good introduction to get started with.