What do you all think about AJAX? I’ve seen some pretty cool web applications that use AJAX and I’m considering using it for my next big project. However, AJAX requires that javascript is enabled in the user’s browser. Do you think that this is a major drawback? I’m not sure how many people disable javascript but I would hate to make something that many people can’t use.
The project I’m working on is a CMS for a newspaper. I envision most of the AJAX would be in the control panel (which only a select few have access to and would not encounter javascript problem) and then also using ruby in conjunction with AJAX to handle creating new articles, sections, displaying, etc.
I like AJAX and have used it quiet frequently for client work. While it’s true that you’re banking on the visitor having JavaScript enabled, a good programmer will always make sure that won’t be an issue. If they don’t have JavaScript enabled then skip submitting the info with JavaScript and submit it the ol’ fashioned way.
The key to AJAX is making sure that you’re not using it just to use it. Like any language/method it has its place and its uses.
so called “AJAX” and ruby work very well together and if by ruby you really mean the ruby on rails framework then its already got the prototype library included as standard, its so nice you just need to try it and let the results do the talking.
Yea, its gonna be interesting to see how this turns out. I know that I will be building the basic crud architecture and features using Ruby on Rails (unless anyone can persuasively suggest otherwise) and then once everything is running in a stable state, I might look to augment it by adding a few plug-ins with AJAX.
As for hosting, I will definitely want to make sure the host supports both ruby and ajax, and others for future development. For design phases, I will run everything on my own server.
AJAX isn’t something you’ll look for a web host “supporting” – it’s a combination of (web) technologies that work together. You’re accessing the DOM with a client side language (like Javascript) and using a server side language (PHP/ASP/etc). So really any host is fine since it’s the client’s browser and if it supports your code that you’ll need to worry about.
Yeah, a host can’t support or not support ajax. It’s just javascript (and usually you use php or something with it, although technically that’s not necessary).
