Thanks Ian (see I got your name right this time!), That's actually great advice. To be honest I try to avoid using helpers/plugins until I understand fully what they're going to do. I guess in this instance I was just by the sweet song of the symfony Ajax Syrens. I'll take you up on your advice though and learn a little about JS.
Now since this might get slightly off topic I'll be brief: do you (or anyone else) recommend prototype over any other library? On Apr 1, 12:58 pm, "Ian P. Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Haskins-Vaughan wrote: > > Hi, > > > I've just been reading chapter 11 of The Book ("Ajax Integration") and > > I have to say I am pretty excited. I don't relish the thought of > > tweaking endlessly with Javascript to get basic functionality working > > across browsers. > > I don't use them. Personally, I suggest you use them a couple of times, > look at the JS they spit out, learn to understand it - read the > prototype API and start writing the JS yourself. > > Compare this kind thing thing to the admin generator... it just works, > it's great and is really useful for RAD - someone without PHP skills > could use it. But quite often you need more, or you want to do totally > custom stuff , and it's useful to know how to use PHP - either to modify > the admin gen, or write your own module. > > IMO, the same applies with the AJAX helpers and JS. Learn JS, learn > prototype, JS isnt' as scary as once it was due to tools like > prototype. You won't regert it, and you can some back and thank me for > my amazing advice - preferably in the format of currency, or beer :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---