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COWS Ajax - Ajax Evolved

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cows-2.0 dept.

nuttzy writes, "COWS Ajax takes over where Ajax leaves off. The web has gone through a great period of experimentation and there is now a dizzying array of frameworks, add-ons, howtos, and books. The common drawback these Ajax aids all fail to overcome is that, even with aids, apps take a long time to create and debug. Many times someone has already created a great tool and you'd really just rather use theirs instead of reinventing it (especially if it's a Google, Yahoo, or other trusted player). Wouldn't it be great to drop in a single line of code to gain a huge amount of functionality that frees you for something else? You can't do that with Ajax, but you can with COWS (Changeable Origin Web Services) Ajax. Now highly interactive third party services like SpellingCow are possible."

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  1. Re:Looks Interesting by naoursla · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ATLAS also automates AJAX development.

    The last part of this video shows an asp.net web page being AJAX enables (although ATLAS is not asp.net specific).

  2. Long to develop? What? by mortonda · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The common drawback these Ajax aids all fail to overcome is that, even with aids, apps take a long time to create and debug.


    What in the world is that supposed to mean? I implemented a autocomplete search text box in only a few minutes using RoR. It really is that simple. It has a rich interface to create all sorts of ajax effects, useful ones that reduce traffic to/from the server.

    Also, debugging is a breeze with the Firebug plugin for firefox; you can see exactly what is getting sent to the server and what is returned.

    Moooove along, nothing to see here. (Sorry, couldn't resist)
  3. Re:Secuuuuuuuurity by nuttzy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With anything on the net, you should only be running code from a trusted source. All sorts of nasty things can happen just by visiting a scammers website (XSS+phishing combo attacks and such). Obviously COWS Ajax introduces another layer of concern, but it can be mitigated by running tools/apps from trusted sources only (as I state in the opening blurb). If someone has a vested interest in offering a tool, then that should reduce the odds of a scam. There's a wealth to be gained from 3rd parties... just be smart about which one you bet on ;-)

  4. Light fingers... by kap1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looks like SpellingCow was lifted from another project without attribution (http://me.eae.net/archive/2006/09/04/spellingcow/ ). This whole post/project smells fishy.

  5. Re:also you have to sit waiting for the page 2 red by bodan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sure it did. Look how hard gmail sucks.

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