Re: [PhillyOnRails] Question re: Ajax and REST design, and maybe even Rails

["Brian Donahue" <stuff@pigeonmoon.com>]

It is becoming more clear to me that I was trying to push too much business/view logic into the client code, thinking of Ajax/_javascript_ as a way of interacting with raw model objects, rather than as a way to dynamically update the web UI.  I think for the browser, I should stick to passing back HTML/JS that updates the view (like everyone else, duh!), not raw data that is then handled by client code.  Obviously, I can return raw JSON or XML for other types of requests should I choose to go that route later, but thinking about that first was causing me to forget how you build a web app :)

You'll still have the possibility of getting out of sync with multiple tabs/windows, but at least in that case, a single action/request should be able to sync you back up.  





On 9/4/07, Aaron Blohowiak <aaron.blohowiak@gmail.com> wrote:

Sounds
like you don't want to be turning a stateless platform (HTTP) into a
stateful one.  No matter how you concieve of it you're going to have to
a) maintain synchrony and b) run into headaches (see (a) for more
information.) 

You can monitor the fields and data to ensure that all
changes on the client side have been submitted before the browser
changes pages, a la gmail, but even this will not ensure that you will
stay in synch.

For instance, how do you plan on handling people having multiple tabs open? Comet push?

Real sticky wicket.





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