[opencms-dev] AJAX support

[stuart.powers at gmail.com]

I know what AJAX is and what it isn't.  What I don't know is what OpenCms is
and what OpenCms isn't.  Specifically, I don't know if there are any modules
/ built in features to help handle the server side of the AJAX paradigm.

-Stu

On 3/23/06, Joe Desbonnet <jdesbonnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> AJAX isn't a protocol or standard, it's just a popular term
> (buzzword!) for technique for bypassing the usual HTTP request and
> response model.  It can make web applications feel more like
> traditional windows apps (Google Mail being an excellent example).
>
> OpenCms is a content management system -- not a framework for building
> web applications. It's like asking does the Apache web server support
> web mail or ecommerce (answer: yes it does, but not directly -- it
> sits in a layer below those applications).
>
> Like wise OpenCms could incorporate web applications /modules using
> AJAX techniques. There are several Java based AJAX libraries out there
> and I'm sure you will have no difficulty integrating them into your
> OpenCms application or module. However those libraries are not in
> OpenCms and don't really belong there.. if you know what I mean.
>
> I hope this made sense.
>
> Joe.
>
>
>
>
> On 3/23/06, stuart.powers at gmail.com <stuart.powers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > does OpenCms support AJAX, and if so, how?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stu
> >
> >
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