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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Should a GUI be separated from the application?
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:56:57 +0100
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

>> It does mean programming your GUI in HTML/JavaScript which I can agree
>> is less than pleasant, but I'm not at all sure that GUI programming in
>
> No. You can use Ajax-XML based control of the GUI. See the AWS's Ajax
> Web Elements demos. The application only output XML actions. No HTML or
> Javascript messing, the framework is already done by AWS.

I suppose that the _necessary_ JS is created by AWS, then. Doesn't
that make it hard to use a 'standard' web designer to create the pages
and just add a little interaction here & there?

>> Ada is any less tedious ... and it certainly makes you think about
>> separation of concerns!
>> 
>> I have yet to get to grips with XML-formatted (ie, structured)
>> responses. Perhaps I'm reading the wrong book (Professional Ajax from
>> Wrox).
>
> Or you haven't looked at AWS recently :)

You might have a point there :-)

On the other hand I'm not sure I should, copyright/GMGPL issues ...