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Added by jcarreira, last edited by Ted Husted on Sep 02, 2006 (view change)

For WebWork 2.2 we're going to be including an Ajax theme with rich UI components. The client-side XmlHttpRequest communication with the server will be handled by Dojo. We'll also make use of Dojo's event / topic support for loosely coupling the UI components and providing event-driven content refreshes.

## Design discussions

- 06-01-2005 AJAX

## Ajax components

Component Name | Dojo widget | JSP tag | Description | Status
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Remote Div | dojo:binddiv | ww:div tag (new tag) | Allows for a segment of content which can be refreshed from the server asynchronously without a full page refresh | Initial prototypes working, tutorial working, updated WW tags to utilize dojo widget
Remote Link | dojo:bindanchor | ww:a tag (new tag) | Creates a link which will call the server asynchronously and send a message on a client topic when it returns -> will this return JS to be eval'd? | Initial prototypes working, tutorial updated, updated WW tags to utilize dojo widget
Remote Submit | dojo:bindbutton | ww:submit tag | Submits the form asynchronously to update server-side state, then sends a message on a client topic when it returns | dojo widget prototypes working, updated WW tags to utilize dojo widget
Tabbed Panel | dojo:tabbedpanel dojo:panel ?? | ww:tabbedpanel and ww:panel tags | Creates a tabbed panel interface where the content is held in hidden <div> tags and the correct one is shown. Can be combined with listening / publishing with topics to asynchronously refresh included remote divs to have dynamically updating panel contents | ww:tabbedpanel and ww:panel tags are working, no dojo work yet