I would argue that component event requests is where Tapestry meets action-based frameworks. If we forget that fact that those event urls expose a bit of the internal structure of the application and over time may change, then you really get to an action-based workflow.
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 20:25, Michael Gentry <mgen...@masslight.net> wrote: > I recently integrated the JQuery-based DataTables[1] library into one > of my Tapestry applications. I had previously used the HTML approach > (rendering all of the HTML for the table via the TML and then let the > DataTable augment the HTML table), but went with the AJAX option to > handle large result sets. I was unsure how to handle the AJAX calls > with Tapestry, but after a little digging I figured it out and it was > much simpler than I feared. I created an event/handler in my > component that processed the AJAX request and returned JSON to the > DataTable. It ended up being a component with ~100 lines of code. I > was pretty happy with the flexibility of both Tapestry and the > DataTable. I'm not convinced an action-based framework is any easier. > > mrg > > [1] http://www.datatables.net/ > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Piero Sartini <li...@pierosartini.de> wrote: >> Yeah - you could do this, but a lot of problems will arise. You don't >> want to do this, I've tried it. >> In the end you give up the advantages of components and gain nothing. >> And its still more complex to use than in an action based framework, >> especially if it comes to AJAX. >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > -- Andreas Andreou - andy...@apache.org - http://blog.andyhot.gr Tapestry PMC / Tacos developer Open Source / JEE Consulting --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
