[Zope3-dev] Ajax in Zope 3

[Gary Poster]

On Dec 6, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Benji York wrote:

> Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>> Before starting it up, I was thinking that it would be nice if the  
>> whole
>> Z3 community would be using the same toolkit, and maybe, even  
>> integrate
>> it into Z3 itself.
>
> I think that instead of settling one a single toolkit we should  
> come up with some simple ideas for offering up server-side  
> components for the client to use.  That way we can easier to use  
> (almost) any client-side toolkit with Zope 3.
>
>> If this sounds like a good Idea, I would like to start a Z3  
>> proposal on
>> this topic, and contribute on its integration in Z3.
>
> I'm very interested in coming up with a one or more relatively  
> simple server-side proposals to make Ajax stuff easier, but I think  
> the Ajax stuff (and even the whole JavaScript world) is too  
> immature to settle on one client-side implementation.  Therefore we  
> should concentrate on doing things that help most or all of the JS  
> toolkits be more usable with Z3.

Agree 100% with Benji.

I have two basic bits on the server side that I want to see--and that  
I want to see usable by widget code, portlet code, etc.

- I want a standard server side traversal story to address nested  
page components, so that, for instance, client-side code for a widget  
in a portlet can have a reliable way of addressing itself on the server.

- I want this approach to be part of--or at least not get in the way  
of--a standard pattern for persisting the state of nested page  
components.

I have old proposals for this, and some revisions of them on the  
basis of conversations with Jim, Fred, Stephan, and Benji.  I'll try  
to get some bandwidth to update the proposals at least.  I really  
wanted to have time to test how the proposal would work within the  
new widget implementation I have, but I have other priorities on my  
time.

FWIW, as far as Ajax libraries, ZC has chosen mochikit so far.  It  
has a lot going for it.

Gary