[TYPO3-dev] Time for AJAX coordination?

[Jean-Baptiste Rio]

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> This is what I though about. Details of actual ajax implementation
> should be hidden behind typo3 wrapper. This way people do not have to
> change their implementation if we decide to change underlying framework.
> 

Hi Dmitry and all list,

You certainly catch the main point. The discussion about the right 
library depends definitively on what we offer to typo3 community.

I'm a bit surprised that nobody has asked for typoscript integration.
IMHO, the main point of Typo3 is that it has to stay "manageable" for 
non-php-programmers webmasters : It has to be enough easy and 
user-friendly to allow people to build a typo3 site without any php 
coding line.

If we decide to include AJAX as a full function, IMHO we have to include 
it in Typoscript. Something as simple as :

10 = AJAX_OBJ
10.url = 325 <= ID of the page answering to the AJAX request or external URL
10.method = POST
10.post.form = my_form <= id of the form where we catch parameters
10.tagId = my_div_id <= id of the tag where we put the AJAX answer

or

10 = AJAX_OBJ
10.url = http://www.mysite.com/answer.php
10.method = GET
10.get.10 = param1=val1 <= GET first parameter
10.get.20 = param2=val2 <= GET second parameter
10.tagId = my_div_id <= id of the tag where we put the AJAX answer

All attributes must have stdWrap possibilities of course :)

That's the good way to integrate AJAX in typo3 and to keep our own way 
of providing services to people.

Just M2P,

Regards,

JB