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Ruby on Rails is the only Ajax framework for Ruby.
http://ajaxpatterns.org/Ruby_Ajax_Frameworks

Miki Vz <mikisvaz@yahoo.com> wrote:
Isn't this precisely a rails tutorial? I'm trying not to use rails,
since I really have no database or anything.


Deepak Vohra wrote:
> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/0...ails_tutorial/
>
> Miki Vz wrote: Actually, I'm not sure I'm using
> eruby, I'm using mod_ruby and
> generating the html with markaby. I'm a bit lost with all the technology
> :p.

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Deepak Vohra wrote:
> Ruby on Rails is the only Ajax framework for Ruby.
> http://ajaxpatterns.org/Ruby_Ajax_Frameworks
I don't think that's quite true - doesn't Nitro have AJAX support?

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Alex

>
> Miki Vz <mikisvaz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Isn't this precisely a rails tutorial? I'm trying not to use rails,
> since I really have no database or anything.
>
>
> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/0...ails_tutorial/
>>
>> Miki Vz wrote: Actually, I'm not sure I'm using
>> eruby, I'm using mod_ruby and
>> generating the html with markaby. I'm a bit lost with all the technology
>> :p.
>

AJAX is simply what the name implies:
Asynchronous Javascript And Xml
It means using Javascript for DOM scripting (changing the structure
of the document or web page) and using Javascript to send xml
requests to a remote location (the server the site comes from)
That's it.
You can implement AJAX with or without Rails.
With or without Ruby.
Ruby and AJAX are not aware of each other.
Ruby is on the server responding to requests.
Javascript and html are sent to the client.
Javascript can send requests to the server.

You can totally do this without Rails or Nitro or whatever.
It is about serving pages with Javascript in them.
Check out Scriptaculous, Prototype, Mochikit, etc...
On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Alex Young wrote:

> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>> Ruby on Rails is the only Ajax framework for Ruby.
>> http://ajaxpatterns.org/Ruby_Ajax_Frameworks
> I don't think that's quite true - doesn't Nitro have AJAX support?
>
> --
> Alex
>
>> Miki Vz <mikisvaz@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Isn't this precisely a rails tutorial? I'm trying not to use
>> rails, since I really have no database or anything.
>> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/0...ails_tutorial/
>>>
>>> Miki Vz wrote: Actually, I'm not sure I'm using eruby, I'm using
>>> mod_ruby and
>>> generating the html with markaby. I'm a bit lost with all the
>>> technology
>>> :p.
>
>

John Joyce wrote:
> AJAX is simply what the name implies:
> Asynchronous Javascript And Xml
> It means using Javascript for DOM scripting (changing the structure of
> the document or web page) and using Javascript to send xml requests to a
> remote location (the server the site comes from)
> That's it.
> You can implement AJAX with or without Rails.
> With or without Ruby.
> Ruby and AJAX are not aware of each other.
> Ruby is on the server responding to requests.
> Javascript and html are sent to the client.
> Javascript can send requests to the server.
>
> You can totally do this without Rails or Nitro or whatever.
> It is about serving pages with Javascript in them.
> Check out Scriptaculous, Prototype, Mochikit, etc...
This is true; however I understood the question to be asking whether
there were any Ruby frameworks that specifically with the
server-side part of the equation. Rails' integration with Scriptaculous
and Prototype is one example, but the OP mentioned that wasn't
appropriate. I was attempting to provide an alternative - I understand
that Nitro's AJAX support is comparable.

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Alex

> On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Alex Young wrote:
>
>> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>>> Ruby on Rails is the only Ajax framework for Ruby.
>>> http://ajaxpatterns.org/Ruby_Ajax_Frameworks
>> I don't think that's quite true - doesn't Nitro have AJAX support?
>>
>> --
>> Alex
>>
>>> Miki Vz <mikisvaz@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Isn't this precisely a rails tutorial? I'm trying not to use rails,
>>> since I really have no database or anything.
>>> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>>>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/0...ails_tutorial/
>>>>
>>>> Miki Vz wrote: Actually, I'm not sure I'm using eruby, I'm using
>>>> mod_ruby and
>>>> generating the html with markaby. I'm a bit lost with all the
>>>> technology
>>>> :p.
>>
>>
>
>

Alex Young wrote:
> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>> Ruby on Rails is the only Ajax framework for Ruby.

That's a laughable claim.

>> http://ajaxpatterns.org/Ruby_Ajax_Frameworks
> I don't think that's quite true - doesn't Nitro have AJAX support?


Yes.

And it's easy enough to do in Merb, Camping, Ramaze, et al if they do
not also have it baked in.

--
James Britt

"Every object obscures another object."
- Luis Bunuel

On 22 Nov 2007, at 00:00, James Britt wrote:

> Alex Young wrote:
>> Deepak Vohra wrote:
>>> Ruby on Rails is the only Ajax framework for Ruby.
>
> That's a laughable claim.

That expression always makes me think of this:

http://xkcd.com/123/