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JSON and AJAX
[Ok, Jeremy, requested a fuller post on JSON, so I thought I would comply, and try to do the brain dump].
As mentioned before, I recently ran into some compatibility issues; specifically with the Mac. My JAAJAX Library as you all know uses pure XML because… hey, it’s XML… XML rules! (just call me JayXML… although that nickname might be trademarked <grin />). Seriously, XML is great for transferring data between systems. So it seemed like the perfect answer for AJAX (note: that the X is for XML).
So when everything broke on the Mac it was back to the drawing board. ...
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JSON on XMLHTTP
So this week had a painful technology ending… I’m preparing a site for a beta launch. My check list for Friday had an item on the list.: Test Ajax on the Mac (using Safari). We had been testing the Mac all through our dev cycle, but somehow I managed to not test the couple of places I’m using jaajax to enable AJAX callbacks. In the process I discovered a very important thing (and I hope I’m wrong). Sarissa.js doesn’t work with the Mac. Or rather if you are using Sarissa DOMParser for consistent XML XPathing, you will discover that Safari doesn’t...
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Is your first (second, third,... tenth) Offshoring attempt DOOMed?
Ben’s post made me think about something I’ve been meaning to write about. I recently left a company (who shall remain nameless to protect me from lawsuits… if you remember the name keep it to yourself) that was trying to do offshoring because someone at a much higher level than CIO had read all the hype that it was cheaper, and was demanding that IT prove that they were cost effective by investigating and hiring a company for offshore work. I would tell you the name of the offshore company (and they are one of the better ones I’m told), but lawsuits… remember??
Before I...