[OSCOM] Re: Ajax and CMS

Yeh yeh, replying to your own post is anti-social. :^)  I found a  
very nice screencast by Tony Byrne of CMSWatch, where he shows "Ajax"  
in action on some CMS systems:

   http://www.cmswatch.com/News/Article/?421

Tony's intro page also gives mention to the controversial nature of  
the Ajax labeling.  Still, the screencast is (IMO) very helpful for  
CMS practitioners.

--Paul

On May 2, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Paul Everitt wrote:

>
> Howdy all.  This is primarily an email to the developers of the  
> various OSCOM CMS projects, but if others have a strong opinion,  
> chime in.
>
> Most of us have read about Ajax:
>
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX
>
> First, do any of you plan to add Ajax capabilities in your CMS  
> products during the next product cycle?
>
> Second, I think the Rails approach seems to center on having the  
> server provide an abstraction layer so that the JavaScript stuff is  
> auto-generated and injected into the page.  Presumably the idea is  
> that web application developers should be shielded from browser  
> technologies.
>
> Thus a second question: how many of you view the browser side (JS,  
> CSS, etc.) as fundamental skills for development in your project?   
> Are most of you (the ones creating CMS products) skilled at these  
> technologies?
>
> --Paul
>