Overhead A Javascript Tookit A Necessary Evil For AJAX?
Feb 28, 2007
I am currently running a website for a medium sized company that has an application which relies heavily on AJAX. Currently, I am using DOJO, and it does a great job when it comes to cross-browser compatability. It comes with so many extras, and clients are forced to download these extras!! I have looked around at various other Javascript applications, and, while some vary in size, it seems that they are all quite large. Are these toolkits neccessary for a functioning ajax application? Must clients download an extra 30 - 150kb of js to use AJAX? In an attempt to solve this problem, I threw a script together with some help from the internet and an Ajax book that weighs in at 1.2kb. I would love to just throw this up and be done, but I don't have the testing capabilities to justify doing so. There are so many flavors of browsers, and I have access to only a few of them. Frustrating Don't really know what i'm asking, anyone else run into this frustration?
View 10 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Feb 9, 2010
issue: if($("#sometooltip").is(':visible')) {$("#sometooltip").remove();}
I'm wondering if it is useful to use the .is() function in spots like that. Will .remove() check if the element is in the DOM for itself?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Apr 28, 2006
Ok so, this is my purpose:
- to be able to load asynchronously (via AJAX) some javascript ads (like google's or adbrite) so as to make them be loaded in the background, then update the page after the ads have loaded via innerHTML
Why?
-Because 90% of the time in my newer sites, javascript ads are the major offender in terms of speed of page rendering
My problem:
Via ajax, I can call a php file that retrieves some javascript and outputs it, XMLhttprequest returns those javascript lines, but they don't render in the page, since they miss the whole page loading, and are apparently not parsed
For example, let's say I call a php file via ajax, and it returns the output into a variable named "text" containing "document.write('hello')"
if I use xxx.innerHTML=text, nothing happens
My 1st solution:
Passing those javascript lines to eval() [like eval(text) ], but this produces a second problem, that I couldn't solve (probably because of my lack of knowledge in javascipt):
if I eval the code, it deletes my current page and renders a new one
for example, if I parse a document.write, my page disappears, and a new one is rendered with the document.write text
What I want is basically to make that "document.write" appear inside a div in my page, adding to the content (and not overwriting the whole page), much like what happens when using innerHTML
Is this even possible? How would you go about it?
I tried xxx.innerHTML=eval(outputfromphpfile) but it overwrites my whole page...
View 3 Replies
View Related
Feb 8, 2006
I am using Ajax to refresh a DIV area by setting the
innerHTML=request.responseText in the usual manner. in the response text I
have a <SCRIPT> tag in line, but this is not executed. Is there a way of
making the ajax refresh process this.
View 11 Replies
View Related
Apr 12, 2006
If the browser disable the javascript, what happen to Ajax? can i slove
the problem by using server side script? any suggestion for this?
i currently do some dirty projects with perl/cgi, and I would like to
add more client side features which relate to ajax, and do some
validation on the client side with javascript. but it is possible that
the javascript may be disable with some browsers. what can i do if the
client's broweer disable the javascript.
View 8 Replies
View Related
Jul 26, 2006
Is AJAX built on top of JavaScript? What browsers supported AJAX?
View 6 Replies
View Related
Aug 30, 2006
I'm interested in learning Javascript with an eye towards using it for
client-side user interfaces for web services, and I have a couple
questions.
First -- In reading some of the archives here, I've noticed a fairly
strongly held opinion that it is better to write purpose-built
Javascript than to use large libraries. Since this was what I was
planning on doing anyway, because of the size of the libraries and
compatibility quirks with Safari, it's nice to hear confirmation from
experts. That said, is the code in Prototype, Scriptaculous, and
OpenRico good enough to be worth reading and emulating?
Second -- I do much better with dead-tree references than with the
web, especially as a lot of the links that come up when I google for
Javascript topics are tutorials for the clueless by the clueless.
(Perl has the same problem, but with Perl I have enough knowledge to
filter the useful bits from the flat-out wrong bits.) Aside from the
O'Reilly Javascript reference (which I have) and _Ajax Hacks_ (which I
also have), are there other good references I should get my hands on?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Oct 15, 2006
Some servers return JavaScript as the response to an AJAX request. When
the response JavaScript is eval'ed it calls other JavaScript functions
already in the browser to update elements, etc. This seems like a good
system because it allows so much freedom in creating the desired
behavior in the browser. The required data doesn't have to be converted
to XML or JSON on the server. The browser doesn't have to have
templates for interpreting and converting this data into some change in
the browser. All of the conversion algorithms don't have to be written
and changed when new behavior is required. This remote procedure call
approach is the predominant system in the Ruby on Rails world.
(Unfortunately they are calling Prototype.js functions.)
However apparently some people seem to think this remote procedure call
approach is a bad idea. I can't see why it is so bad because it is so
lightweight and flexible. It also helps to keep the client less
intellegent which seems good in a world of incompatible client-side
bugs.
If I use some neutral data format like XML to accomdate different types
of clients then I have to write different client-side interpreters for
each type of client (browser, RSS, POP, cell phone, etc). Why not just
write different server-side code that generates the correct JavaScript
(or other) for the requesting client type?
When is the RPC approach such a bad idea?
View 5 Replies
View Related
May 1, 2006
I'm making an ajax call to return the contents for a page using the responseText property. I want to be able to define a javascript function in the page and call it, doing something like:
<script>
function test(){
alert('hi');
}
test();
</script>
However, none of the javascript in my page works. I'd imagine it has something to do with it being included as part of the responseText and the browser is not picking it up. I haven't been able to find any info about this online anywhere. Any thoughts?
View 7 Replies
View Related
Sep 28, 2006
Is any way to encrypt the javascrypt code ?
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jan 19, 2007
I am a XHTML/CSS developer with an interest in AJAX. I am at the stage were I wish to learn how it's all done.
So my quesiton is this:
To develop AJAX applications do I need to learn JAVA or Javascript?
It may sound like a dumb question considering AJAX is mainly javascript and XML, however will learning JAVA first off be a benefit?
View 4 Replies
View Related
Feb 16, 2007
I am currently creating a social network. On a profile if a user has comments they can delete them. I am running AJAX to update the database and display the comments refreshed (one deleted will no longer show). The data I am requesting includes the following...
<script language="JavaScript">
document.write("<a href="javascript:void(0)" 'CommentsTable', 'PostLink1', 'PostCommentText', 'ViewCommentsText')" id="PostLink1">Post Comment</a>");
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="comment.php?action=post&user=<?php echo $user; ?>">Post Comment</a>
</noscript>
My problem is that the JavaScript from the request does not work, I can only seem to display regular HTML. Is there a solution to this problem to make the JavaScript work or do I have to use an HTML alternative?
View 4 Replies
View Related
Sep 26, 2007
If you have your site implemented in ajax, and client browser has disabled the javaScript, then ajax won't work?
Another question is, what if you are creating the page lay out(background color, boxes, etc) in javaScript, does it mean they also won't work?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Dec 29, 2007
Is it just me, or is there no distinction between AJAX and Javascript nowadays? Today I saw a request for a calculator, something that should be done with just Javascript, but yet the post was seeking an AJAX developer. When did these terms become synonymous?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Apr 12, 2006
In my browser, I make an AJAX request. The server sends me a fragment
of an HTML document. That fragment has some JavaScript inside some
script tags. How do I run these scripts when the fragment arrives at
the browser?
View 12 Replies
View Related
Oct 3, 2006
Since XMLHTTP Request does not support loading of XML from other
servers, I decided to use a trick:
load XML into hidden iframe and then get that XML with JavaScript to
parse.
But, is this a good idea? I am stuck. How do I get XML loaded in the
iframe and pass it on to JS function for parsing?
View 11 Replies
View Related
Mar 15, 2007
does anyone know of any way to allow for multiplayer interaction using Javascript/AJAX calls?
I am looking at two (or more) players visiting the same webpage and interacting with one another to play a text/browser based game (non-Flashed based).
Any ideas on how to do this using JS/PHP and mySQL?
View 1 Replies
View Related
May 12, 2011
I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong with this no matter how many things I try. I've looked through Google for a related issue but found nothing specificThe script runs through a external .js file calling a list of music albums, then listing the song of the album chosen via ajax. The user can then edit of delete the songs. Everything works fine until I submit the edited information through a form. When I click the submit button I get a web developer error "updateSong is not a function"Here's the form which is loaded into the already existing page via ajax:
<?php
include("database.php");
$song = $_GET['song'];
[code]....
View 2 Replies
View Related
Sep 29, 2005
I would like to build an HTML page that has four content areas. The first with 3 links that when clicked chage what is shown in the other 3 - and so changing the default content in these sections. The content for these sections will be contained in seperate HTML files sitting on the same server.
I understand this can be done without refreshing the page and believe JavaScript and Ajax is the best method to do this. Any advice?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 26, 2007
I'm sure some wizard will tell me this is a classic example of "piece of cake"; in which case I bow and promise to listen In case I've struck granite rock, feel free to throw questions my way and I'll tell you if I've tried it or not.
I have a file, main.php (I know this is the JS-forum, bear with me). It outputs HTML and inline Javascript functions. When the user clicks on a graphical "tab", that tab is activated, and an ajax call is made to fetch.php with some specific parameters. Once the ajax request has completed, a given innerHTML container on the now active tab is filled with the stuff that fetch.php outputs.
So far so good.
The problem is that the stuff that fetch.php outputs is partial pure HTML and partial inline javascript. And this is where it gets tricky. If I declare an inline javascript function in the returned data, Firefox (and I suspect MSIE) refuses to understand that the function is there. It simply doesn't exist (!).
Using the Web Developer add-on for Firefox, there's an option to look at "Source code" and "Generated source code". The output from these two differ in that when I view the "Generated source code", I see the dynamically inserted javascript/HTML from fetch.php, whereas viewing "just" the source doesn't.
What did I do wrong? How do I get the browser to find/accept/activate the javascript code/functions that were inserted dynamically? I cannot put them in a .js file and include it, since they need to be dynamically created, and I cannot use eval() since that executes javascript "as is", in which a function will not be executed unless called.
View 5 Replies
View Related
Oct 13, 2007
I've run into this a few times and have never found a way to deal it. Basically I'm building a user administration cms using mostly ajax calls to admin modules. It works great but I'm running into a huge problem that I need to figure out how to fix, (if possible).
As the title says the issue is including and executing javascript code inside a page that gets called via ajax. One specific example of the problem I'm having is creating sortable lists with scriptalacous. It works great if I access the page directly, but if I access the page using an ajax call the javascript of the page doesn't seem to fire.
View 9 Replies
View Related
Oct 29, 2007
I have PHP file called file1.php with an empty <div></div> in the middle. I've added a 'load' event listener so that on page load, it calls an AJAX function that calls file2.php. file2.php creates a table and loads it into the <div></div> in file1.php.
file2.php has <a> tags in it's <th> columns and I wish to trap when a user clicks on the column heading. The old way was to use the onclick() method but I'd rather use event listeners.
Here's my problem. I am getting "obj has no properties" when trying to add those listeners. I *think* it is because the code in file2.php isn't part of the original DOM tree for file1.php. So how can I use event listeners instead of onlclick()? I know I can add top the DOM by creating elements and appending them but that adds to the HTML code and my code is already in place via the AJAX call. What to do...? DO I just use the old passe onclick() method?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Mar 24, 2007
I want to load some pages generated with the server (ASP) and assign
their html results to JavaScript, so users could click the links and
the content of any selected page would show up immediately, making no
requests.
So, I have one main page called mainpage.asp which, I think, should
get all subpages with content, names are subpage1.asp, subpage2.asp,
etc. I tried ASP's XMLHttpRequest to get content of all sub pages and
assign html result to JavaScript variables. But I realized that MS
XMLHttpRequest does not get session protected pages. I mean that if my
subpage will generate output with session only, then even if the
session exists, MS XMLHttpRequest does not see it.
Anyway, this trick did not work. If I include these subpages in
mainpage.asp under a hidden field, this may be a solution but I do not
see it good enough yet.
What would you recommend? How would you assign subpage's html code to
JavaScript variables or array of variables?
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jul 22, 2007
I'm developing a site that will use technologies like JavaScript and AJAX. I want the site to be functional for people that has older browsers or JavaScript turned off so for this I need to find out if the user's browser is supporting JavaScript and AJAX.
How can I check this in an easy and simple way? I.e the user enters my website with JavaScript turned off at the moment. And then he turns it on and reloads the page. I would like to catch that he has turned JavaScript on. The same goes with AJAX (although there is no off/on setting for AJAX).
View 4 Replies
View Related
May 3, 2006
I am looking to use a spell checker in my multi-field forms and am trying to
find something open source and easy to install and use.
It could be either AJAX, DHTML or Javascript.
View 3 Replies
View Related
Nov 3, 2005
Can anyone redirect to any online tutorials, articles, code of how to upload a file using HTTP PUT method and JavaScript or VBScript to a server running Apache 2.0 that uses CGI + PERL.
How to create configuration entries in httpd.conf for supporting HTTP PUT method.
How to code with AJAX to post uploaded file content to the server using PUT method ?
View 1 Replies
View Related
