Heh....I don't know what to say. That's a whole lot of discussion. You might want to take a look at the turbo grid widget API before making any assumptions about how it communicates with the server.
On 4/2/06, Sam Gendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given that I know nothing about dealing with this in Tapestry, could > you elaborate on the JSON layer. I assume I won't be able to glean > much by picking apart your tacos code, since tacos is clearly not > dependant on Tap 4.1. I'm on the tapestry-dev list now, but that is a > very recent thing. I assume there is an archive, although I haven't > looked for it, yet. > > Why would the server need to know about JSON at all? Wouldn't any > object be converted to XML and sent to the server as an > XmlHttpRequest? Unless you are talking about generating JSON in > javascript, which I understand would be pretty difficult, now, in > Tapestry. > > I'm assuming that for something like the data grid component, with in > place edits, that each row would be sent to the server as it is > updated, so there wouldn't be need for rewinding of a form, merely the > new values of the properties for the object being updated along with a > primary key or serialiazation of the old one. I would imagine the > template would send an empty datagrid, and even the initial data > population would happen via an ajax request, and subsequent updates > would be a row at a time. I figured I could look at how something > like the tacos:Autocompleter calls the listener to fetch the list for > an example of how to populate the datagrid and send updated rows back > to the server. > > --sam > > > > On 4/2/06, Jesse Kuhnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > None yet, but we'd love to add some sort of turbowidgets support. > > > > The JSON layer is there already in tapestry 4.1, so it's possble that it > > might be do-able already. I'm sure Scott would be greatly appreciative > of > > people using his great library. > > > > On 4/2/06, Sam Gendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've been browsing around, looking at various DHTML and AJAX solutions > > > that are available. The Turbo widgets look particularly polished and > > > easy to use. They are free for non-commerical use and relatively > > > low-cost for commercial use, so I'm wondering if anyone is using them > > > successfully with Tapestry. > > > > > > I will admit that I'm a bit stumped about how to go about integrating > > > some ajax functionality with Tapestry, due to constraints raised by > > > the rewind mechanism, but I'm betting that solutions can be found for > > > most issues. The TurboGrid component is particularly compelling to > > > me, allowing client side sorting and in place editing, as are the > > > slider, which should be relatively easy to support within Tapestry. > > > > > > So is anyone out there playing with these, or interested in doing so? > > > I'll surely be making an attempt in the near future, but I am fairly > > > new to Tapestry, utterly new to dojo, and far from an expert > > > DHTML/Javascript programmer. I've always been a backend guy, but the > > > two seem to be merging. At any rate, I am in the middle of a > > > commercial project, and some of those widgets are going to be required > > > eventually, so I know I'll be digging into the problem. > > > > > > So keep an eye out for future component announcements from me. > > > > > > --sam > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jesse Kuhnert > > Tacos/Tapestry, team member/developer > > > > Open source based consulting work centered around > > dojo/tapestry/tacos/hivemind. http://opennotion.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Jesse Kuhnert Tacos/Tapestry, team member/developer Open source based consulting work centered around dojo/tapestry/tacos/hivemind. http://opennotion.com
