1. Adobe Spry
for the ColdFusion Guy
Raymond Camden
Camden Media, Inc
ray@camdenfamily.com
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2. What is Spry?
• AJAX Framework developed by Adobe
• Free and Open Source
• Version 1.4 (Really 0.4)
• http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry
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3. What is AJAX?
• Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
• Allows updates of web pages without
posting or reloading page
• Relies on built in browser capabilities,
doesn’t require plug-ins like Flash or
ActiveX.
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4. Capabilities
• Load and display data dynamically (no page
reload)
• UI widgets (Tab, Accordion, Form, Panel)
• Visual Effects (Eye Candy)
• Miscellaneous
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