http://www.ajax-resources.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:52:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've completed the second component to my prototype-based AJAX widgets library: AJAX Rating Stars. This component features form-field binding, javascript callback support, and sending values via AJAX requests. To download this widget, and for complete API documentation, please visit my blog. http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/08/28/ajax-rating-stars/ Recently, a co-worker of mine introduced me to the new Eclipse-based "Web IDE" Aptana. While it's definitely still in beta (I've noticed many interface quirks), this open source project is quite possibly the best JavaScript IDE that I have used yet. Take a look at these cool features: Code completion for ... http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/08/28/aptana-web-ide/ I've created some ajax-enabled help balloons / tooltips, and posted them on my blog. These balloons are based on the prototype.js javascript framework and use the Scriptaculous RIA Effects Library. They feature attractive PNG images for smooth transparencies and drop shadows, a very easy API and the ability to populate the ... http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/08/26/ajax-help-balloons-tooltips/ One of the biggest complaints I have heard about JSF is how difficult it can be to use Ajax with. Indeed, it can be difficult to do so, and you often must go outside of the JSF way of doing things in order to get an Ajax component to work. ... http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/02/19/jsf-ajax-component-library/ Over the last year or so, progress in developing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) has been at a dizzying pace. It seems as though there are 2 new AJAX/JavaScript frameworks coming out every day. Products like Macromedia Flex and Laszlo have been introduced and improved quickly. These advances are both exciting ... http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/02/13/ria-development-flex-vs-ajax/ There is a lot of repetitive code you'll run into in your average JavaScript project. I frequently found myself making libraries for each project that had code for making HTTPRequest objects for each browser, shortenting document.getElementById() calls, and doing several other repetitive tasks. I recently came across a very good library ... http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/02/13/prototypejs/ (This post is cross-posted on SpencerUresk.com) Without a doubt, AJAX is one of the most popular new web technologies of 2005. Its rocketing popularity has led to numerous frameworks and projects to tie it in with existing frameworks. For example: ICEFaces (Java/JSF), MonoRail (.NET), and Ruby on Rails (Ruby). No doubt, ... http://www.ajax-resources.com/2006/02/13/ajax-coupling-logic-presentation-layers/