AJAX ???

[Emulman]

it would be nice if you add support for AJAX and incorporate for example DOJO TOOLKIT which is open source..with some wizard to build easily, for example, the code for some type of windows in AJAX too!!

[syrupcore]

it's almost all there already. SQL browser plus a good ajax library like prototype and it's within reach!

while an AJAX wizard would certainly help sell a bunch of copies of webuilder on announcement, I can't imagine implementing such a thing in a useful manner would be easy or ultimatly useful. perhaps for a few 'form fill out' type of things. sounds dreamweaverish to me!

[peep]

it's almost all there already. SQL browser plus a good ajax library like prototype and it's within reach!

while an AJAX wizard would certainly help sell a bunch of copies of webuilder on announcement, I can't imagine implementing such a thing in a useful manner would be easy or ultimatly useful. perhaps for a few 'form fill out' type of things. sounds dreamweaverish to me!

there are too many AJAX toolkits out there...

I have written mine too - no reason to incorporate dozens of mess

[syrupcore]

it's true, there are quite a few. I'm currently in love with jQuery. Mixed with Firebug, I'm trying remember how I ever dealt with Javascript without them.

[Ingus]

I'm currently in love with jQuery. Mixed with Firebug, I'm trying remember how I ever dealt with Javascript without them.

the same here

[syrupcore]

Firebug is bordering on miraculous. my snippets library has changed a lot over the last month. I use ctrl+shft+c for console.log(""); and ctrl+alt+$ for $("") quite a bit. ;) death to alert boxes!

anyone reading this who isn't familiar with jQuery or more importantly firebug... you're only doing yourself a disservice by not downloading them both. make's coding fun again.

http://getfirebug.com/
http://jquery.com/

and in case the jquery site doesn't get you excited by itself (so little code, so much power) check out interface - a series of plugins for the jquery library:

http://interface.eyecon.ro/

Will

[chrisjlocke]

I've just found GreaseMonkey, which allows you to use javascript scripts on web pages after they've been rendered. Allows you to do all manner of things on websites which you can't normally do. I've never learnt javascript, so will be learning that soon. I can do VB and PHP to a degree, so another language will be useful!
I think I'll open a javascript forum on my website so I can ask you guys for help and tutorials!

[syrupcore]

I have yet to mess with greasemonkey but keep saying I will. Chris, now you've given me a perfect excuse.

on to the power of jquery.... For a site in dev right now, the client asked that all external links open in a new window. target="_blank" sucks. first of all, it's deprecated and I like my HTML clean. Second, what if they change their mind next month and realize that opening links in a new window really sucks? I'd have to go through the entire site and clean out the target="_blank"s. yuck. if I keep it in script, my code stays clean and changes are easy from a single external js file.

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$("a[@href^=http://www]").click( function () {
      window.open(this.href);return false
}//end function
);//end click

get all <a>s whose href attribute starts with "http://www" and attach a function to it when it's clicked. less code, more power. jquery all the way.

I'm so ready for the webuilder jQuery plugin.

[charlesroper]

I've been using jQuery for a while now and I agree: it rocks.

Regarding Firebug, see my X-Ray post for my Firebug-like feature request. The only frustrating thing about Firebug is that the dynamic edits one makes to CSS and HTML using it aren't persistent, requiring me to remember what tweaks I've just made, then jumping back to WeBuilder and recreating them. I'd love to see Firebug functionality available within WeBuilder, but with non-volatile editing capabilities.

Charles