There are several JavaScript libraries that can be embedded in your
webapplication to create a visually appealing interface. Script.aculo.us is
one of the popular ones and is built on the Prototype JavaScript
Framework. The library provides an easy-to-use, cross-browser
user interface JavaScripts that allows you to create fancy effects
commonly visible on web pages these days.
This blog entry gets you started by using Ajax.Autocompleter
that allows for server-powered autocompleting of text fields.
Basically, you type a character in a text field and suggestions for
possible correct values starting with that character are
shown . This is achieved by by sending an Ajax request to the
data source on server, passing [Read more...]