Archive of published articles on February, 2006
Back homeCurrently, there is only two simple list based effects. They aren’t perfect and I’m sure they could use some refactoring (currently doing this). See this blog post for more information and to submit any feedback/bug reports/etc. EffectsPack requires Prototype – Sam Stephenson and Effects V2 – Thomas Fuchs. The real credit goes to those guys who did all the real work.
This is an example of two scaffolds generated using the Ajax Scaffold Generator for Ruby on Rails.
TurboWidgets are essentially a library of very useful user interface and interaction widgets that are well designed and easy to implement. In most cases it’s always better to design custom UI elements for each client or application. However, recently many clients who are more interested in being “first to market” with a product are fine with customizable “stock” elements for alpha launch. That’s where products like TurboWidgets fit well into the design process. All of their AJAX widgets are highly customizable as their style is all CSS based. A very nice product.
Combining RSS feed has always been problematic for a non-tech oriented blogger. Feedblendr has created an intuitive user interface for their web application that anyone can use to combine as many feeds as they like. The user interface is superb with oversized fonts and form input fields, overlapping header-to-content-area graphic and an effective use of color. An outstanding user interface and interaction experience.
The new release of CakePHP (RC2) comes with a completely rewritten AjaxHelper::form() function (with the disadvantage that it breaks existing code).
Website: http://cakebaker.wordpress.com/2006/01/18/submit-a-form-with-ajax/
I spent days looking for new Javascript libraries and finally made a comprehensive list of almost all libs out there.
Website: http://www.savagevines.com/ajax-javascript-resources/
AJAXSLT is an implementation of XSL-T in JavaScript, intended for use in fat web pages, which are nowadays referred to as AJAX applications. Because XSL-T uses XPath, it is also an implementation of XPath that can be used independently of XSL-T.
Jemplate is a templating system for Javascript, but it’s not just any templating system. It is a complete port of Perl’s ubiquitous Template Toolkit. If you don’t use Perl, don’t stop reading. Perl (and the Template Toolkit) is only needed to compile the templates. The templating lingo itself is Perl agnostic and full featured. It resembles Python, Ruby or Javascript more than Perl.
Website: http://blog.ingy.net/2006/02/jemplate_a_template_toolkit_fo.html
This article discusses the Effect.Queue that has been added to script.aculo.us. It presumes that you already know about; HTML, CSS, Javascript, DOM, How effect are created and what kinds of effects are available.
Website: http://www.railsdevelopment.com/2006/01/15/effectqueue/
TurboWidgets are JavaScript client-side controls that provide a rich user-interface experience for AJAX-style web applications. Built on top of the popular Dojo Toolkit, TurboWidgets are designed for ease-of-use and flexibility.
Standardista Table Sorting is a JavaScript module that lets you sort an HTML data table by any column.
Website: http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/standardista_table_sorting
Netjaxer is an easy way to integrate your favorite web apps into Windows. Create a desktop or quick launch icon. Load any web page when Windows starts and run it as a tray icon.
Website: http://www.netjaxer.com/
Finally, someone has produced a blog that uses many of the current popular AJAX widgets along with web 2.0 social features. The seventeen year old developer has produced a great user experience with an inline admin, tagging, and rss support. Adding content is enhanced by inline editing, deleting and creating of all of the page content. The themes are controlled with one click. and since they are CSS based they are easy to develop and configure.
AJAX/XAP object oriented framework that allows you to create richer web applications.
A common goal of portal developers is to be able to build portlets that render independently of other content on the portal desktop. That way, the portlets are in effect mini-Web applications with which users can interact without having to refresh the entire portal desktop. Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), a newly emerging technology, can help you achieve this goal.
Website: http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/portalserver/reference/techart/asynch_rendering.html
So I just gemmed and uploaded the v2.0 release of the ajax scaffold generator. There are quite a few improvements in this version please check it out.
Website: http://www.height1percent.com/articles/2006/02/21/on-the-new-ajax-scaffold-generator
A nice AJAX blog built by a 17 year old developer. As the developer stated, “logahead is a brand new blogging engine with a ‘keep it simple’ philosophy. Designed from the ground-up to be fully buzzword compliant (AJAX, RSS, Web 2.0 – it’s all there), logahead lets you effortlessly do what blogs were invented for:”
Website: http://www.logahead.com/
Wufoo uses flash objects and the Prototype JavaScript framework to create a very fluid user experience for building web forms of any kind. Currently, Wufoo is not released to the public, however, from the look of the demo, it will be a very easy to use, and a valuable tool to web designers and developers. The process of creating a form is very intuitive and and smooth. In short, I didn’t need to read any instructions to create my first form. The user interface is a nice mix of color, readability and non-liner shapes which creates an excellent skin to the smooth user interaction.
Very easy to use AJAX chat demo.
Website: http://www.linuxuser.at/index.php?title=Most_Simple_Ajax_Chat_Ever
The Java 2 Enterprise Edition includes JavaServer Faces technology, which provides a mature and extensible user interface component model. The design of this model makes it easy for application developers to create custom components by extending the standard components included with JavaServer Faces technology and to reuse these components across applications.