I have been working on a new project which requires AJAX functionality and unlike some projects have some more time available to try out alternate ideas. The result has been interesting, so I thought I would share it.
There are a number of pieces of funcionality planned and in almost every case there has been a choice of using a CF function or a Spry equivalent and I have come down in favour of the Spry equivalent.
I have been playing with Adobe's Spry AJAX framework and am most impressed by the Spry Dataset. It really gives Spry a big plus over some of the other frameworks since it makes handling data from databases much easier.
One thing that I needed was missing, an easy way to set a select control based on the dataset. It wan't however very difficult to do that when I tried. To save you wading though the docs to find it here is how I managed it.
Now, finaly we can see what's in the box!
Well the announcement has effectively been made with these URLs.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070327/20070326006250.html?.v=1
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070327/20070326006347.html?.v=1>
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070327/20070326006348.html?.v=1>
We are hoping for a good turnout tonight at the TVCFUG to see what can be done with the new software. If you want to come along be sure to send me an email or leave your name below. Adobe are offing a copy of one of the new packages as a raffle prize. So here's your chance to get a free copy. And if you don't win there is Free Beer.
If you arn't in the Thames Valley, there is likely to be an event near you wherever you are.
I have been using Adobe Spry for the last few weeks to present tables of data and alow the user to filter and sort the data on the page.
I must admit I'm really impressed by how easy it is to add these features to a page. Unfortunately I can't give you a link for what I have done because it's for an intranet application.
If you're interested, I will be speaking about it tomorrow eveing at the Thames Valley Cold Fusion User Group.
The meeting will also be linking up with the Launch of Creative Suite 3 from New York and some lucky person will win a copy of CS3 in the raffle. You do have to come along to be entered in the raffle.
Adobe have offered to pay for the Beer too! Please add a comment to the Blog if you are planning to come along. That way I'll know how much Beer to buy.
What more could you ask for?
