[Petal] Javascript TAL

[William McKee]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 07:43:46PM +0100, Joachim Zobel wrote:
> My idea is not to push worload to the client, but to seperate moving
> data (to the client side) from static data (to the server side) to get
> better page caching. 

Is this the XML data island concept?


> Have a look at http://www.music-head.de/ and put something in the cart.
> The cart is displayed using images with numbers, while the catalog pages
> have a last modified and do not change. This could be done much better
> with domtal.

I experienced a bit of waiting and flashing using Firefox under Linux.
But it wasn't an entire page refresh and, considering the site is across
the Atlantic, it was a pretty quick update.


> However experience tells me, that client side javascript is best
> avoided. So I am a bit unsure if domtal is a good idea at all.

Yeah, I try to at least provide an alternative option for crucial
elements of the site. That means templates which display content could
be problematic. I know that Jean-Michel abhorred the use of JavaScript.
However, there are some cases where it really makes an application
easier to use (e.g., popup calendars, data verification before posting).


> It is an experiment with an uncertain future.

Nonetheless a cool concept. Keep up posted if you do anything with it in
the future.


William

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