Selecting an AJAX implementation
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:02 am
First up, I have limited AJAX experience. I have used features from a few libraries (both the PHP libs and the DHTML toolkits) for small nuggets of functionality - but nothing overly complex.
As part of an open source project (try not to fall to pieces at it being one of those give-php-a-bad-name web games), my small 2-person development team has been discussing the project goals. What we are aiming for is a fully dynamic web application using AJAX. Think Yahoo's new mail server, for example. Of course we're all woefully underexperienced for a large-scale AJAX project but half the appeal of open source development is jumping in the deep end of something challenging and learning new skills in the process.
I'd prefer to leave this as an open topic - I'm not going to suggest a personal preference. What approach would readers suggest in terms of libraries (both DHTML Toolkits or PHP libs) considering performance must relate to a game which would see above average usage of the UI (lot's of fiendish teens frantically clicking buttons).
Bit of background. The application will use the Zend Framework to impose an MVC design. View and ORM abilities are supplied by non-ZF components. Game design is a non-issue - both of us have worked on game projects in the past in a few languages. It's the whole move from dynamic HTML pages to a unified web app under AJAX that has us wondering.
As part of an open source project (try not to fall to pieces at it being one of those give-php-a-bad-name web games), my small 2-person development team has been discussing the project goals. What we are aiming for is a fully dynamic web application using AJAX. Think Yahoo's new mail server, for example. Of course we're all woefully underexperienced for a large-scale AJAX project but half the appeal of open source development is jumping in the deep end of something challenging and learning new skills in the process.
I'd prefer to leave this as an open topic - I'm not going to suggest a personal preference. What approach would readers suggest in terms of libraries (both DHTML Toolkits or PHP libs) considering performance must relate to a game which would see above average usage of the UI (lot's of fiendish teens frantically clicking buttons).
Bit of background. The application will use the Zend Framework to impose an MVC design. View and ORM abilities are supplied by non-ZF components. Game design is a non-issue - both of us have worked on game projects in the past in a few languages. It's the whole move from dynamic HTML pages to a unified web app under AJAX that has us wondering.