Tag: jquery
Super simple AJAX for Java apps using JQuery and JSON
by ricardoz on Oct.28, 2009, under Articles, JavaScript, Web related
Back in April I wrote about Java to/from JSON serialization using XStream. After developing several AJAX applications using PHP and JQuery, I found that for a lot of scenarios a very simple approach is not only easy but very effective. In the case of PHP, you can effectively enable AJAX in your apps using jQuerys $.getJSON() and PHP json_encode().
I think we can use a very similar approach for Java web applications, enabling the use of AJAX through a very simple, elegant and extensible architecture, without the use of complex frameworks and extra configurations.
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Blocking multiple clicks real easy
by ricardoz on Aug.10, 2009, under JavaScript, Performance, Security, Web related
I’ve faced this problem a few times before, but this time I decided to find a generic solution to it. I needed to prevent users from clicking action links in a web application multiple times and therefore triggering some server side action a lot of times when only one time was enough/needed.
After looking around for a few hours for an elegant solution I just couldn’t find one, all the articles/answers I found required controls on each link and/or special handling on the server side code that reacted to them.
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AJAX autocomplete
by ricardoz on Apr.17, 2008, under JavaScript, Tips, Web related
Using a nice AJAX auto completable input box is much nicer (for the user) than a combo box with 100 options. If you use jQuery, you may use a quite easy yet powerful plug-in called jquery.autocomplete (original, eh?). Grab it at http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm.
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