And Rey said it perfectly. The vanilla toucher of Ajax wants it like CFML - all fluffy like, it's not and you need to learn/know JS to a degree (well any web developer should know at least the most basic DOM manipulation and JS).
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Rey Bango To: CF-Talk Sent: Sat Apr 07 16:37:11 2007 Subject: Re: A Question for Development: Ajax Now or Ajax Later? Rick, Neil said it perfectly. Its good to know the ins and outs of Ajax but more specifically, DOM manipulation. Ajax functionality is a very small aspect of what everyone regards as Web 2.0-style development and whether you're using jQuery, Prototype or whatever CF8 provides, you need to familiarize yourself with how to work with the DOM. Since I'm part of the CF8 beta, one thing I can say is that what you learn with jQuery will not be wasted when you use CF8. Rey... Rick Faircloth wrote: > Hi, all.. > > Just wanted to throw this out for some perspective. > > For a few years I've been wanting to get in on the Ajax-style development. > > However, dealing with javascript was just going to take more time than I > could > spare and keep up with project demands, since I have no experience with it. > > Along comes jQuery, and it's straightforward enough that I can probably make > it work without it becoming like a second job taking up so much time. > > But with CF 8 right around the corner, integrating Ajax into the tag code ( > I hope ), > working with Ajax development will become much easier and part of my > CF 8 development instead of an add-on through a js library like jQuery. > > So the question, becomes... spend a lot of time now learning to implement > jQuery > and "Web 2.0" interfaces and functionality or wait for CF 8, see what it > provides, > and then just fill in any remaining gaps with "third-party" development? > > Thanks for the perspective... > > Rick > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
