Summary
There is much more you can do with AJAX. There are developers who have been programming with ColdFusion since its early versions. They did not have all these pre-packaged helpers. As we learn and use other libraries and the different methods of adding to these, we must also add our own UI custom tags to enhance what we are learning as native features of ColdFusion. Here is a summary of what was covered in this chapter:
The difference between AJAX and Flash Rich Internet Interface (RIA)-based technologies.
The
<cfdiv/>tag: This is a region of HTML that can be dynamically populated by a bind expression. This also works directly with ColdFusion forms.The
<cflayout/>tag: A horizontal or vertical layout container.The
<cfmenu/>tag: A menu bar or the root of a drop-down menu.The
<cfpod/>tag: An area of the browser with an optional title bar and a body that contains display elements.The
<cftooltip/>tag: This allows you to add dynamic tool tips to your...
