Re: Appropriate server backend API design for spreadsheet like UI interface?

2014-01-29 Thread Jens
Our app uses aggressive auto saving which means whenever a user changes data we wait a grace period of x milliseconds (mostly 300-500ms) and then send a save request to the server. We don't use RequestFactory and probably never will because of its limitations that makes such aggressive auto sa

Appropriate server backend API design for spreadsheet like UI interface?

2014-01-29 Thread Yan
Hi there, I am working on a Web App with GWT 2.5.1. It has a Excel (spread-sheet) like interface, allows user to modify data in a table. I prefer in-place-edit-then-commit model than a "save" button for spread-sheet like interface. Basically, user can edit any cell, press OK to commit chang