Comments on: ColdFusion 8 Grid Magic http://ajaxian.com/archives/coldfusion-8-grid-magic Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: starkraving http://ajaxian.com/archives/coldfusion-8-grid-magic/comment-page-1#comment-259543 starkraving Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:15:55 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3055#comment-259543 CF FTW CF FTW

]]> By: Scott Bennett http://ajaxian.com/archives/coldfusion-8-grid-magic/comment-page-1#comment-259522 Scott Bennett Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:56:09 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3055#comment-259522 @Cutter - Well said. It is definitely a lot easier to start with the cfgrid tag as a base, and then just add a few quick JavaScript functions to customize the grid as necessary. Additionally I had never used the Ext objects before CF8 came out, so it would have taken me a lot longer figure out how to build an entire grid functionality from scratch. @Gary - Good point, the nice thing is that you can just write your own function to format the date however you like, so you could make a "euroDateRenderer" function that formats the date string the way you need it to and then change the line: cm.setRenderer(3, Ext.util.Format.dateRenderer(’m/d/Y’)); to cm.setRenderer(3, euroDateRenderer); @Cutter – Well said. It is definitely a lot easier to start with the cfgrid tag as a base, and then just add a few quick JavaScript functions to customize the grid as necessary. Additionally I had never used the Ext objects before CF8 came out, so it would have taken me a lot longer figure out how to build an entire grid functionality from scratch.

@Gary – Good point, the nice thing is that you can just write your own function to format the date however you like, so you could make a “euroDateRenderer” function that formats the date string the way you need it to and then change the line:

cm.setRenderer(3, Ext.util.Format.dateRenderer(’m/d/Y’));

to

cm.setRenderer(3, euroDateRenderer);

]]> By: Gary Gilbert http://ajaxian.com/archives/coldfusion-8-grid-magic/comment-page-1#comment-259519 Gary Gilbert Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:24:42 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3055#comment-259519 I posted an entry on cell renders a while back on my blog http://www.garyrgilbert.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/24/CFGRID-Cell-Renderer-Revisited Be aware that the date package only works for US formatted dates (29.11.2007 fails). I posted an entry on cell renders a while back on my blog http://www.garyrgilbert.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/24/CFGRID-Cell-Renderer-Revisited

Be aware that the date package only works for US formatted dates (29.11.2007 fails).

]]> By: Cutter http://ajaxian.com/archives/coldfusion-8-grid-magic/comment-page-1#comment-259514 Cutter Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:40:53 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3055#comment-259514 @Jon - I agree with you, to a point. Remember that ColdFusion 'Makes the hard things easy'. A less experienced developer can quickly piece together a nice, functional application. A more experienced developer can, using these new features, quickly prototype an application which can later be expanded upon and improved by using the Ext library directly, while maintaining the same look and feel. My client may want only what's been generated by CF8, and nothing further, and have a limited budget. Or, they may say 'that looks great, but I also want it to do this,' at which point I can bill them for further custom development with Ext. @Jon – I agree with you, to a point. Remember that ColdFusion ‘Makes the hard things easy’. A less experienced developer can quickly piece together a nice, functional application. A more experienced developer can, using these new features, quickly prototype an application which can later be expanded upon and improved by using the Ext library directly, while maintaining the same look and feel. My client may want only what’s been generated by CF8, and nothing further, and have a limited budget. Or, they may say ‘that looks great, but I also want it to do this,’ at which point I can bill them for further custom development with Ext.

]]> By: Jon Hartmann http://ajaxian.com/archives/coldfusion-8-grid-magic/comment-page-1#comment-259505 Jon Hartmann Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:02:21 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3055#comment-259505 As a CF developer that loves JS, I have a hard time with the built-in custom-tag like HTML/JS wrappers that come in CF. I guess its because I understand whats under the hood, and I know that I can do the same things more cleanly, and with a higher level of control then what you can handle with the built in system. I mean, having the tags as short-cuts is nice and all, but 90% of the time, if you want to do anything really useful with them, you have to understand JS anyway in order to write the custom code. If I already know JS, and understand Ext well enough to customize the components, why wouldn't I just write it myself? As a CF developer that loves JS, I have a hard time with the built-in custom-tag like HTML/JS wrappers that come in CF. I guess its because I understand whats under the hood, and I know that I can do the same things more cleanly, and with a higher level of control then what you can handle with the built in system. I mean, having the tags as short-cuts is nice and all, but 90% of the time, if you want to do anything really useful with them, you have to understand JS anyway in order to write the custom code. If I already know JS, and understand Ext well enough to customize the components, why wouldn’t I just write it myself?

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