Rails - Jun 2009 - Re: Looking for Ideas on Scheduling + Day by Day View of Week

Looks like this question is more of an html/presentation question, you 
may get more help on a different forum. If you''re looking for an 
application like google calender, I would recommend javascript, its a 
hair difficult to debug, but it will render the same in every browser, 
be quick, and very flexible. (google''s calender app is written in 
Javascript). Here is one existing scheduler application written in 
javascript:

http://www.scriptcalendar.com/javascript-appointment/javascript-appointment.aspx

do some more searching, this seems like a relatively common item, don''t
re-invent the wheel. If you''re not familiar with javascript building 
this functionality up from the ground won''t be easy. If the schedule 
won''t change much you could certainly do this in CSS. Or you could make
your calender in a calender application and take a screenshot of it, 
then just post a picture. It all really depends on why you want a 
calender like this. Is it for others to tell your schedule? Is it for 
others to schedule some sort of appointment with you, etc...

If anyone else has an opinion feel free to chime in...
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Richard Schneeman wrote:
> Looks like this question is more of an html/presentation question, you 
> may get more help on a different forum. 
Yup.
> If you''re looking for an 
> application like google calender, I would recommend javascript, its a 
> hair difficult to debug, but it will render the same in every browser, 
JavaScript render the same in every browser?  Ha! :)

(Yes, it''s possible, but it takes some understanding of the differences
in browsers.)
> be quick, and very flexible. (google''s calender app is written in 
> Javascript). 
There''s no reason to use JavaScript for this unless, like Google 
Calendar, you want sophisticated client-side behavior.  Using JS will 
certainly not address the basic issue of how to build up the schedule 
grid in the first place.

[...]
> If the schedule 
> won''t change much you could certainly do this in CSS. 
[...]

You will *have to* use HTML and CSS to create the layout, whether or not 
JS is involved.  (Unless you do the whole thing through DOM manipulation 
from scratch...but that''s such a terrible idea that it''s not
worth
serious consideration.)

I''ve heard that calendar_helper might be worth looking at.

Best,
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