With Ajax, you can integrate dynamic information
into your pages without application servers.
A key Web 2.0 technique is to update part of the page, revealing new data, without refreshing
the entire page. Dreamweaver includes key data manipulation tools to build this type of functionality
into your sites through the Adobe-created Spry framework. Moreover, Spry makes it possible to incorporate
advanced JavaScript layout widgets like accordion, collapsible, and tabbed panels (see Figure 2-13).
In addition to adding next-generation data and layout capabilities, Spry brings a full slate of JavaScript
behavior effects to the designer??™s palette. The Spry effects??”including appearing/fading, shrinking/growing,
shaking, and sliding??”can all be triggered by your choice of event: a user??™s click of a link, a page loading,
or tabbing away from a form.
Get all the information you??™ll need on Ajax and Spry functionality in Chapter 18, ???Powering
Ajax Pages with Spry???.
Dynamic style updates
Dreamweaver completely supports the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) specification agreed upon by the World
Wide Web Consortium. CSS gives Web designers more flexible control over almost every element on their
Web pages. Dreamweaver applies CSS capabilities as if they were styles in a word processor.
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