I'm really liking this idea Massimo, I'm going to be using it in a project I'm about to start and grow on it :)
Keeps using ajax very DRY. On Apr 3, 4:08 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > There has been a lot of discussion in the past about forms that submit > via ajax and may or may not refresh the entire page. It is also useful > to be able to break html pages into "modules" or "plugins" or > "components" each with its own model, view, controller in such a way > that they communicate both serversize (by sharing session and > database) and clientsize (one boxed component should be able for > example to refresh the entire page or trigger a flash). > > I have prototype application that does this. > > http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py.app.events.tar > > It uses jquery publisher subscriber mechanism. All the code is in a > new web2py_ajax and a class call jDiv (similar to Rails Partial but > more powerful in my opinion) which I could include in html.py > > It allows you to write code like this: > > def index(): > return dict(partial1=jDiv('click me for text','mycallback1'), > partial2=jDiv('click me for flash','mycallback2'), > partial3=jDiv('click me to redirect','mycallback3'), > partial4=jDiv('click me for form','mycallback4')) > > def mycallback1(): > return 'hello world' > > def mycallback2(): > return jDiv.flash('this is a test') # flash on the container page > > def mycallback3(): > return jDiv.redirect('http://www.yahoo.com') # redirects entire > page > > def mycallback4(): > form=FORM('your name:', > INPUT(_name='name',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), > INPUT(_type='submit')) > if form.accepts(request.vars): > return jDiv.flash('hello '+form.vars.name) > return form > > Can you figure out what it does? > Not that the page is never reloaded. Only parts (partials, jDivs) of > the reloaded. Each jDiv lives in its own container, has one action, > can have a view, and can talk to each other. > > This may require some more thought. > > Comments? > > Massimo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
