[Javascript] DOM vs AJAX
David Dorward
david at dorward.me.uk
Tue Jun 20 03:33:41 CDT 2006
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 10:21:28AM +0200, Michael Borchers wrote:
> when i discovered DOM i used it to dynamically create form elements.
> now i also use AJAX.
AJAX is a rather unhelpful buzzword and is best avoided.
> with DOM i'd have to really create every element,
Nothing stopping you writing routines (in JavaScript or elsewhere) to
reduce the amount of work involved here.
> but with AJAX i would simply store the elements in a seperate file
> and then import it into a <div>.
By "AJAX", do you mean "XMLRequest + innerHTML"?
> any disadvantages?
InnerHTML is non-standard, has an increased risk of broken markup, and
has support issues in some XHTML implementations.
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David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
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