http://script.aculo.us/
http://www.sergiopereira.com/articles/prototype.js.html
I just started with ror myself but I''ve done some ajax work. These two
sites
have proven invaluable to me. So I hope this will get you going.
On 1/10/07, stefoid
<stevenmathers-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:>
>
> Hi. I am investigating different tools to make my first ajax website.
>
> First thing I tried was Google Web Toolkit, which I managed to get
> working fairly Ok. Once I did all the finicky XML config files and
> everything. The hardest part was trying to position the various frames
> and widgets which was a real pain - didnt seem to act the way I thought
> it would. GWT is very poorly documented. Also I had a heap of pain
> trying to get my test app working on an external hosted server - to the
> point where I gave up and resolved to try RoR.
>
> After skimming through the online ''Agile development with
Rails'' I am a
> bit confused about how I do AJAX type controls with RoR. This was the
> strength of GWT for me. Knowing nothing about RoR, I expected to it to
> have ''widget'' type functionality built right in -
reuseable ajax
> controls..all the work already done. But this is not the case?
>
> Is there some kind of summary of using RoR for ajax websites that
> starts dumb but goes into good detail about how to do it? because if I
> have to write my own widgets, Im really not interested. I dont know
> anything about html or javascript and I dont want to know.
>
>
> >
>
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