said that, sorry
On 23 nov, 18:42, Michael T <michael.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Huoxito - are you referring to server side and client side validation?
> Generally, it's a good idea to do both anyway. That way you can
> guarantee that even if someone attempts to trick the server into
> saving something invalid, it will still be validated.
>
> On Nov 22, 7:22 pm, huoxito <huox...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just thought the section about the request method as weel as the
> > other,http://book.cakephp.org/view/1593/Methods, could have a better
> > example to make things clearer about it. Also I believe the way i
> > treat ajax calls on controller is a little bit messy, as for example
> > when trying to save some data I need to put conditions both on the
> > controller code and on the js view code in order to give a relevant
> > answer to the user. Wish I knew, if there is any, a way to make it in
> > only one part of the code.
>
> > and thanks for offering help here Mark
>
> > On 22 nov, 02:45, mark_story <mark.st...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Sorry to hear you aren't enjoying the JsHelper. I've updated the
> > > documentation examples for Ajax Pagination to include the omissions
> > > you had trouble with (http://book.cakephp.org/view/1600/Ajax-
> > > Pagination).
>
> > > As for the complexity of making links, you could use JsHelper::link()
> > > to make those a bit easier.
>
> > > echo $this->Js->link(
> > > $image,
> > > array('controller' => 'characters', 'action' => 'display', $id),
> > > array('update' => '#InfoBox1', 'before' => ''),
> > > );
>
> > > would create the <a> and the necessary javascript. What else did you
> > > find lacking in the documentation for JsHelper? Hopefully, I can add
> > > some more examples and clarify some of the missing information. For
> > > some background on the helper, it wasn't intended to solve every
> > > javascript need you could possibly have, as that's an impossible goal
> > > to try and achieve. In the past there were numerous complaints about
> > > how AjaxHelper was too tightly coupled to Prototype and that it would
> > > be nice to have something that integrated with other libraries like
> > > jQuery. JsHelper does solve that issue, and provides an extensible
> > > interface for you to plug in Javascript generating functions. But it
> > > doesn't and can't prevent you from having to write Javascript. Sorry
> > > that it didn't meet your expectations on that front.
>
> > > -Mark
>
> > > On Sep 27, 3:56 am, "l...@poczta.fm" <l...@poczta.fm> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > I needed a simple Ajax feature to load box with additional info and
> > > > close it after reading. I am new to Ajax and seldom used JS scripts
> > > > till now. I need your opinion/help on optimizing following piece of
> > > > code. The JS helper documentation is terrible - I'll share my
> > > > experience on this at the end of this post for these interested.
> > > > Please advice on questions that follow the code.
>
> > > > 1. I have 'ajaxInfoBox' element that is called with an ID of the
> > > > object I want to display. I have a need of few on the page hence
> > > > element - to keep unique div ids.
> > > > 2. Element displays icons with arrows down (opens box when clicked)
> > > > and up (closes box when clicked). Additionally they hide/show
> > > > alternatively themselves. Also I have a hidden busy indicator on main
> > > > layout that is copied and displayed within the box while the box data
> > > > is being loaded.
> > > > 3. The content of the box comes (Ajax request) from another
> > > > controller, which prepares set of data and renders it through
> > > > dedicated HTML view. To makes things simple (I am not efficient in JS)
> > > > I prefer using HTML views rather then JSON and JQuery loaded by
> > > > inclusions functions.
>
> > > > Here is the 'ajaxInfoBox' element code (bare functionality, no
> > > > exceptions):
>
> > > > echo '<div class="AjaxCommands">';
> > > > echo '<A href="#" id="OpenCommand'.$Id.'" alt="Info">'.$this->Html->image('icons/Colored/PNG/arrow_down.png').'</A>';
>
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#OpenCommand'.$Id)->event('click',
> > > > $this->Js->request(array('controller' => 'Characters', 'action' =>
> > > > 'displayCharacter', $Id), array (
> > > > 'update' => '#InfoBox'.$Id,
> > > > 'before' =>'$("#busy-indicator").clone().appendTo("#InfoBox'.
> > > > $Id.'").show();'
> > > > . '$("#InfoBox'.$Id.'").show();',
> > > > ))
> > > > );
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#OpenCommand'.$Id)->event('click', '$
> > > > ("#OpenCommand'.$Id.'").hide();');
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#OpenCommand'.$Id)->event('click', '$
> > > > ("#CloseCommand'.$Id.'").show();');
> > > > echo '<A href="#" id="CloseCommand'.$Id.'" alt="Close"
> > > > style="display: none">'.$this->Html->image('icons/Colored/PNG/
> > > > arrow_top.png').'</A>';
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#CloseCommand'.$Id)->event('click', '$
> > > > ("#InfoBox'.$Id.'").empty();');
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#CloseCommand'.$Id)->event('click', '$
> > > > ("#CloseCommand'.$Id.'").hide();');
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#CloseCommand'.$Id)->event('click', '$
> > > > ("#InfoBox'.$Id.'").hide();');
> > > > echo $this->Js->get('#CloseCommand'.$Id)->event('click', '$
> > > > ("#OpenCommand'.$Id.'").show();');
>
> > > > echo '</div>';
> > > > echo '<div class="InfoBox" id=InfoBox'.$Id.'></div>';
>
> > > > Few problems I faced with the above:
> > > > - I have not managed to deploy toggle() JQuery function through the JS
> > > > helper hence so many separate lines
> > > > - used many event JS helpers functions as concatenating actions after
> > > > one get() did not work as expected.
> > > > - did not use url attribute for HTML->img as id is tied to image not
> > > > the link therefore hiding id hides image but leaves a pixel of the
> > > > selected link
> > > > - not sure if copying and placing busy-indicator div into box and
> > > > replacing it with target content is a good idea
>
> > > > ==
> > > > Now for interested, I will share how terrible experience CakePHP
> > > > serves its users with respect to JS Helper.
>
> > > > There is not so bad documentation on Ajax and Javascript but these
> > > > helpers are depreciated in 1.3. so I focused on JS Helper. I spent
> > > > over a week researching how to implement above Ajax info box using
> > > > this helper.
>
> > > > I started with JS Helper - this got me nowhere. Not a single simple
> > > > future (including Ajax Pagination) brought working examples
> > > > (Pagination tutorial fails to note that you need to include
> > > > RequestHandler helper for the Ajax layout to work properly). There are
> > > > no easily reachable (googled few hours) examples beside some advanced
> > > > troubleshooting discussions on this forum. Few 'know-hows' learned:
> > > > - simple ajax test for views:
> > > > echo '<Div>Text <A id="GoLink" href=#>Click</A></div>'.$this->Js->get('#GoLink')->event('click', 'alert("Works!")');
>
> > > > - one needs to use RequestHandler helper (overlooked in all JS helper
> > > > documentation) for Ajax layout to work properly
> > > > - if using other then default Ajax layout one needs to call 'echo $js->writeBuffer();' at the end of Ajax rendered view or Ajax custom
>
> > > > template
> > > > - any link created should have url or href=# - otherwise mouse pointer
> > > > will not detect this as a link (although it will work)
>
> > > > Above lessons helped me started but are bare working examples that
> > > > will not allow to do anything sensible without learning JQuery. Any
> > > > sensible feature needs to be implemented as a JQuery code embedded
> > > > into the cake-like JS helper code. Any more advanced JQuery code is a
> > > > hell to work with within short strings cake functions provide. Any
> > > > inclusions of additional files is fine if you want to start writing
> > > > extensive JQuery functions, but with somehow dilutes the strength of
> > > > CakePHP framework as a tool for weekend programmers. I am not into
> > > > inclusion of JS files and functions implemented there.
>
>
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