Comments for dmDesigns http://dmdesigns.com coding a better web through good design Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:45:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Some Thoughts on Ajax and Anchors by Jason Beck http://dmdesigns.com/blog/2006/10/19/some-thoughts-on-ajax-and-anchors/#comment-6 Jason Beck Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:25:07 +0000 http://dmdesigns.com/blog/2006/10/19/some-thoughts-on-ajax-and-anchors/#comment-6 That definitely is something I never thought of before. Using JavaScript to send the data to the server for validation is an excellent idea. Actually, I sort of thought of that, because one thing I'm working on is using Ajax to provide a fast registration form to a user, and let them know if their username is taken or email address is already registered. But I didn't really connect the dots that I would be eliminating the double logic, so I probably wouldn't have done it the most efficient way. Otherwise, I wanted to point something out. Have you read "unobtrusive javascript"? Simply put, rather than using ANY inline JavaScript... this includes the . Instead, in your JavaScript code (file), put <code>window.onload = function() { /* your onload call here */ }</code> and add all the onclick and onsubmit handlers at that point in the process. Like CSS, you only affect the marked up content using an id, class or tag name, rather than having to embed style declarations or JavaScript calls in the markup. That definitely is something I never thought of before. Using JavaScript to send the data to the server for validation is an excellent idea. Actually, I sort of thought of that, because one thing I’m working on is using Ajax to provide a fast registration form to a user, and let them know if their username is taken or email address is already registered. But I didn’t really connect the dots that I would be eliminating the double logic, so I probably wouldn’t have done it the most efficient way.

Otherwise, I wanted to point something out. Have you read “unobtrusive javascript”? Simply put, rather than using ANY inline JavaScript… this includes the . Instead, in your JavaScript code (file), put window.onload = function() { /* your onload call here */ } and add all the onclick and onsubmit handlers at that point in the process. Like CSS, you only affect the marked up content using an id, class or tag name, rather than having to embed style declarations or JavaScript calls in the markup.

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Thanks,

Tim

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