I have been a developer for nearly 20 years and a web developer for about 10 years. Over the years, I have considered creating a blog to share the things I have learned (and am learning) about web design and development, but I never seemed to have the time. When I began learning about web development using Ajax and Ajax Frameworks, I decided to take the time to create this blog.
My intention for this blog is to focus primarily on Ajax Frameworks, but since web development requires knowledge of many technologies, I will occasionally write about things such as CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Flash, etc.
Lately, I have been using JQuery as my primary Ajax tool. Although I have used other Ajax Frameworks in the past (Dojo Toolkit, Yahoo! User Interface Library, Scriptaculous/Prototype), JQuery has thus far been the easiest to learn. In my first few posts I will discuss some of the JQuery Plugins that I have created. Some of these include: a plugin for Google Maps (jquery.imGoogleMaps), Form validation and submission (jquery.imValidateForm), Page Populater (jquery.imPagePopulate), and a plugin to create lists (jquery.imList).
While I am still learning about some of the other Ajax Frameworks, I hope that what I have learned will be helpful to others. Just remember, “When you can pull the pebbles from my hand…”
In my last post, I discussed the YUI imYUILogin widget that I created. In this post, I will demonstrate how to log in ajaxally using the imYUILogin widget with CakePHP and the AuthComponent. I’m assuming that you have already read the Simple ACL Controlled Application and have the AuthComponent configured correctly. I’m also assuming that you are familiar with the Yahoo User Interface Library.
I created YUI 2 login widget, imYUILogin, for an intranet project that I am working on. I originally created it as a Dialog Container, but I recently updated it so that it could be configured as a Panel or a Module. Logging in is done ajaxally, of course.
I created a YUI widget that is based on my imAnimTabber JQuery Plugin. The imSliderMenu displays content by animating the height or the width of the contents container. I use the imSliderMenu widget on my marketing site, http://1st-steps-to-success.com. The slider menu is handy in that I am able hide content on a page until it is needed and still maintain the look and feel of my website design. As with the imAnimTabber JQuery plugin, The imSliderMenu dynamically creates the menu items based on CSS and a few lines of code.
I am working again on a project that uses the Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI). One of the requirements for the project is an input calendar field. When I first began the project, I created an event listener (Event.Listener) as discussed in a previous post. But, because a date field is fairly common in web applications, I wanted to create a widget so that I would not have to duplicate the process in future projects. To my surprise, YUI does not already have a widget with this functionality, so I decided to create one. This widget can be used with a one or multiple input fields. When a user clicks on the input field, the calendar appears. Select a date and the date is automatically inserted into the input field.
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