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We have an html table with rows that correspond to
database rows. We’d like an easy way to implement per- > row editing of this data, but <TR>s are not happy to be
wrapped in a <FORM>. How fix?
- use javascript to copy the data to a form element or do a straight AJAX post
- Backbone.js has the ability to link html elements to server-backed data models, might be handy here
- put forms around individual <TBODY> elements for the individual rows
We’re using ActiveResource as a foundation for our API client, but it doesn’t process JSON errors correctly. How fix?
This has been in the issues tracker for ActiveResource for over a year and is marked low priority. HttpParty was suggested as an alternative, anyone else have something they like?
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Backbone would work well. For each object, you make a model. For each model, a view. The view renders the TR with input elements in it (not in a form).
Then bind keyup or onblur or whatever to the input elements, which the view uses to run a save call on the model.
That way, you don’t need forms, just the input elements.
-Nick
March 30, 2011 at 11:03 am
Typhoeus is a good (and really fast) alternative to HTTParty.
March 30, 2011 at 8:58 pm