Quick jQuery Tip - Preventing Double Form Submission

Posted By : todd sharp Posted At : July 17, 2008 9:05 AM Posted In: jQuery, Ajax

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Last night I wanted to implement a simple measure to prevent double form submissions so I of course turned to my newest best friend for a little help. My goal was simple - when the form was submitted just swap out the submit button for a little animated gif and a 'Saving' message. My first thought was to capture the click of the submit button like so:

Thoughts On Ajax Frameworks And ColdFusion/Adobe

Posted By : todd sharp Posted At : February 13, 2008 9:08 AM Posted In: Ext, jQuery, Ajax, ColdFusion

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A reader (ironically named Todd) commented on my post yesterday:

I'd also like to see some discussion about Ext vs. Spry.

Dreamweaver CS3 seems to have settled on Spry while CF8 has settled on Ext (1.0). Apparently, Adobe divisions do not talk to each other.

I can't decide between them. I find Ext (at least teh 1.0 version used in CF) to be difficult and frustrating to use. Prototype.js was easy. I haven't yet tried Spry.