Re: template logic vs AJAX newbie seeks advice

On 04-05-12 15:17, Sells, Fred wrote:
> Up to now, I’ve been using Flex for my client side and having Django
> return xml for the last 2 years. With Adobe’s policy changes regarding
> Flex support, I need to shift future efforts to HTML5. I’m seeking some
> general advice from the group on basic technology/techniques. My
> specific question is…

Swapping xml output from Django for JSON output should be pretty 
straightforward, I guess. And you can feed the JSON to your brand new 
html5+javascript front-end. If you're comfortable with javascript, this 
could be pretty similar in nature to your current setup.

> When looking at the Django templating features vs using a tool like
> CS5.5 or expression blend, what advice would you offer deciding how much
> to put into the template logic and how much to do via
> AJAX/Javascript/Jquery? My applications are generally 10 to 30 pages and
> I have a 10% commonality between applications.

I blogged about the ajax/template split regarding Django a couple of 
days ago and got some helpful comments. Perhaps some of them give you 
some additional feel for the matter:

http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2012/04/30/django-vs-ajax-how-far.html

Reinout

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