Web Trenches

I gave a presentation titled "Introductionto Ajax Features in ColdFusion 8" at the Syracuse ColdFusion User Group meeting this week.   In the presentation, I covered the following.

• The basic layout elements that are used with Ajax
• Automatic Ajax - Things that ColdFusion 8 handles for you - without needing to program any JavaScript.
• Almost-Automatic Ajax - Things that require one or two lines of code, but not extensive use of JavaScript.
• Manual Ajax - These are the most powerful features, but will require some JavaScript coding.
• Ajax Goodies - A couple smal small features in CF8 with big impact.
  
  

There is also a sample application that shows an employee management database interface created using all CF8 Ajax - no page reloads.  

 View the presentation content here...

• Presentation (done with CFPRESENTATION, another CF8 feature)
  
• Code Samples
  
  

Download all the code, including the presentation code ...

• Full Download of Samples, Sample Application, and Presentation
  
  

NOTE: In order to run the samples on your server, you will need ColdFusion 8.  A couple of the samples, including the full application, require MySQL (or another database).  Run the ajaxpreso.sql file (included) on your MySQL database and set up a CF DSN called 'ajaxpreso'.  The tables aren't very complicated - if you run MS SQL, just look at the .sql file and you'll see how the tables are set up.  You can set those up manually.