Learn to use the Spry framework for Ajax
The Spry framework for Ajax is a JavaScript library that provides easy-to-use yet powerful Ajax functionality that allows designers to build pages that provide a richer experience for users. Spry is designed to take the complexity out of Ajax and allow designers to easily create Web 2.0 pages.
The following resources help you to get started with Spry and to refine your Spry skills. To learn more about the Spry framework for Ajax, visit the Spry home page on Adobe Labs.
Core concepts
Getting started |
Selecting the appropriate Spry widget or effect will depend on the shape and amount of your content. Attract attention with a Spry effect. Expand the effective content area on a single page with a Spry Disclosure widget or a Spry data set. Confirm the format of form entries with Spry validation widgets.
Spry demos and samples
Inserting Spry with Dreamweaver
Build on your skills |
Spry is fully customizable, from effects to widgets to data sets. Accessible CSS means the widgets will match the rest of your website, and data may be presented the way you want to see it.
Spry widgets
- Using Ajax with Forms (11:39)
- Customizing a Spry menu bar
- Centering a Horizontal Spry menu bar
- Building a Spry Sliding Panels widget
- Applying design to Spry widgets
- Converting a Spry menu bar to a server-side include
- Opening specific tabs and panels from another page
- Performing full-featured form validations
- Creating dynamic tables with the Spry framework
Spry data sets
- Adding an Ajax widget (7:18)
- Adding a Master and Detail relationship (8:42)
- Creating a progressive enhancement (12:46)
- Building a photo album with the Spry framework
- Understanding the Spry periodic table (case study)
- Exchanging data using Spry and PHP
- Creating a Spry XML data set
- Creating a Spry HTML data set
- Creating a scoreboard in Spry in five easy steps
