[ZPT] Re: javascript and ZPT

[Tonico Strasser]

Rakotomandimby Mihamina schrieb:
> Hi,
> Have you got some links that talk about good pratices about mixing zpt
> and javascript?

Just insert a script element somewhere in your HTML page :)

Do you have special use cases?

> Javascript seems (according to my reads) usefull for ajaxification, and
> I would like to learn to use it in Zope and ZPTs.

If you use Python Scripts or DTML for dynamic JavaScripts don't forget 
to set the Content-Type response header to 'text/javascript'.

I think PageTemplates are not useful for dynamic JavaScripts because 
JavaScript is not a XML language.

Here a few articles regarding best practices:

Ajax Mistakes
<http://swik.net/Ajax/Ajax%20Mistakes>

XMLHttpRequest Usability Guidelines
<http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Usability/XMLHttpRequest-guidelines/>

Fixing the back button that AJAX broke
<http://www.isolani.co.uk/blog/javascript/FixingTheBackButtonThatAjaxBroke>

Using JavaScript for good, not evil
<http://adactio.com/atmedia2005/>

Unobtrusive Javascript (scroll down)
<http://www.onlinetools.org/articles/unobtrusivejavascript/>

AJAX and Accessibility
<http://www.washington.edu/computing/accessible/accessibleweb/ajax_accessible.html>

HTH,
Tonico