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Using YUI for Ajax and More. Chapter 19. Choosing a Framework. choosing among the bewildering variety of frameworks. Framework for this chapter. YUI http://developer.yahoo.com/ yui
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Using YUI for Ajax and More Chapter 19
Choosing a Framework • choosing among the bewildering variety of frameworks
Framework for this chapter • YUI http://developer.yahoo.com/yui • download the entire framework and an extensive collection of more than 300 example programs, along with a comprehensive amount of documentation, amounting to over 70 MB of data once uncompressed
Using YUI for Ajax • XMLHttpRequest objects to provide Ajax connectivity between the web browser, a server, and a third-party server • YUI, handling Ajax becomes a whole lot easier
Including the framework files • yahoo-min.js • The main YUI file, generally required • event-min.js • The event handling framework file, used here for the callback • connection-min.js • The Ajax handling framework file
The YUI asyncRequest method • call asyncRequest, Yahoo’s version of the ajaxRequestfunction we created in the last chapter • YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('method', 'url', callback [, 'parameters...'])
An Ajax GET example using YUI • Example 19-1. yuiurlget.html • An Ajax XML example using YUI • Example 19-2. yuixmlget.html • A Simple YUI Calendar