[Seaside] Getting Started with SeasideAsync (orScriptaculous?)

[Philippe Marschall]

2006/10/21, Carl Gundel <carlg at libertybasic.com>:
> From: "Philippe Marschall" <philippe.marschall at gmail.com>
> >2006/10/20, Carl Gundel <carlg at libertybasic.com>:
> >> I'm thinking of trying to use SeasideAsync, but I'm not sure if it does
> what
> >> I need or even how to get started.
> >>
> >> Here's what I'm thinking.  I do not want my application to use the back
> >> button.  Instead I'd like to keep the same page up and reload only
> certain
> >> parts of a page as needed.  Is this what SeasideAsync is suppose to
> >> accomplish?  Or do I need something more like Scriptaculous?  I've looked
> >> around a bit but haven't found  good starter materials for either of
> these.
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >Can you be a bit more specific? When should what be changed?
>
> First of all, thanks for the references.  I'll check them out.

What I totally forgot is that both SeasideAsync and Scriptaculous come
with examples/tests.

> Well, I have an application page which contains a list (one kind of
> WAComponent) of anchors for choosing subviews.  Depending on the choice a
> render a different instance of a subclass of WAComponent.  It's a rather
> traditional banner/tab/subpage layout, with different instances of
> WAComponent subclasses for each.

That should be simple with either of them.

> One of these WAComponent subclasses is displayed as an interactive session
> (I call it a SessionPage), like a transcript.  I add some more text or an
> images to the transcript as the session progresses.  Each next text item or
> image is added as a child WAComponent to the SessionPage.  I would like to
> reload and render just that instance of SessionPage without reloading the
> entire page.  I need this for two reasons:

Depending of what parts you want to update on which actions this can
be anywhere from simple to hard. If it is really just appending at
some "Transcript" is should be doable:
Maybe you want to have a look at the updater demo under the ajax menu at:
http://scriptaculous.seasidehosting.st/

Philippe

> - The back button really doesn't suit this kind of application.  So if I
> presume that if don't reload the whole page there's no way for this to be an
> issue.
> - I want the user to experience a smoother kind of appearance instead of
> redrawing the whole page every time.
>
> I guess I'd also like to avoid reloading the whole page when the user
> switches to a different subview.
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> -Carl Gundel, author of Liberty BASIC
> http://www.libertybasic.com
>
>
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