I found a very good tutorial at
http://lethain.com/entry/2008/sep/21/intro-to-unintrusive-javascript-with-django/.
I've just gone through it and it is really simple and helpful if you
have little/no familiarity with ajax.
Margie
On May 14, 10:08 pm, veasna bunhor <veasnat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your shearing a good knowledge.
>
> I'll do it.
>
> Veasna,
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:42 PM, zayatzz <alan.kesselm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Im also a django beginner, but i have bit more advanced knowledge
> > about js/jquery
>
> > Here's what ive learned so far: All js events happen in browser and
> > are all related/attached to some DOM elements.
>
> > Basic (model)form flow works like that:
> > You create a model
> > You create a modelform (in apps forms.py for example)
> > You pass it to a template in a view
> > You load it in template with {{ from }}
>
> > Check django forms documentation for more specific stuff.
>
> > If you want to run some events related to form fields or when
> > submitting a form, then you must know how the form will look like in
> > markup and you can do it on template level writing stuff directly into
> > template or create js file that is started on jquery domready event.
> > That js file will catch formfield events.
>
> > You can also create formwidgets. Not sure how to use/create them
> > beause so far, ive only used tinyMCE pluggable and havent created any
> > of my own.
>
> > Basically i do not think django is an issue here. Just create html
> > file with form and then create jquery some jquery events. Adding
> > django into the mix changes not a thing especially if you want to use
> > onchange events.
>
> > Alan
> > On May 14, 9:34 am, newbie <mara.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hi,
>
> > > I'm new to django and dont know much of javascript either. I
> > > would like to start working on them. Could someone help me write a
> > > simple form which can provide any functionality using ajax, preferably
> > > using jquery libraries. It would be great if any event other than the
> > > submit event is recognised using ajax, something which connects to the
> > > database would be preferable.
>
> > > I've used ajax in web2py. But here in django I'm not able to
> > > understand the flow of a form. Here in django, forms are created by
> > > declaring a class in a seperate file. In web2py, it was clear and
> > > obvious of how to recognize a input or click or onchange event for a
> > > particular input field. But here I dont understand where to catch the
> > > event. Do i need to write the code in template file or in view file.
> > > If i write it in template file(which i'm thinking is the way), how to
> > > send the input entered(before the user submits the form) to the view
> > > file.
>
> > > All i want to do is, to capture a change/input event on a form
> > > before the user submits and dynamically create an extra field in the
> > > form/change the options of a field already present in the form, based
> > > on the input
>
> > > Thank you.
>
>
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