Recommendations

Recommendations

• As you develop more AJAX pages you will probably start to build up a library of common JavaScript functions. These are best externalized in a separate .JS and shared by all your AJAX pages, rather than repeated.

 

• Set up some naming and usage standards for the content of the virtual clipboard. This will make life easier for other developers, encourage reuse and minimize information bloat. For example:

 

Major Name Space: AJAX (virtual clipboard name part 1)

Minor Name Space: CUSTOMER (virtual clipboard name part 2)

Object Name (Name Part 3) Description Type NAME Current Customer Name String – max 40 ZIPCODE Current Customer Zip Code Number – 6 digits

In effect, you have AJAX.CUSTOMER.NAME and AJAX.CUSTOMER.ZIPCODE

 

Major Name Space: AJAX (virtual clipboard name part 1)

Minor Name Space: PRODUCT (virtual clipboard name part 2)

Object Name (Name Part 3) Description Type NUMBER Current Product Number Number – 7 digits NAME Current Product Name String – max 40 PRICE Current Product Price Number – 11 digits, 2 decimals

Major Name Space: ACCOUNTING (virtual clipboard name part 1)

Minor Name Space: USER (virtual clipboard name part 2)

Object Name (Name Part 3) Description Type USRPRF System i User Profile String – max 10 PRINTER Default Printer String – max 10