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Spry framework for Ajax Technology Center

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, tutorials, and samples 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.

Getting started with Spry

Overview

Introducing the Spry framework for Ajax

Get up to speed fast on the Adobe Spry framework for Ajax with these Adobe Captivate simulations.


Spry: Now available in Labs

Spry provides a lightweight yet powerful model for adding data, interactivity, and rich UI widgets to your pages.


Jorge Taylor on the Spry framework for Ajax

Find out why the Dreamweaver team entered another player into the Ajax framework game.

Documentation and reference

On Labs: Spry Documentation

Start with the latest documentation from the Spry team. A copy of these docs is part of your Spry download.


Spry Developer Guide

Learn the granular steps to get up to speed with designing Ajax websites using Dreamweaver and Spry.


Designing with Spry visually

Learn about the visual tools for building Spry pages in Dreamweaver.


Spry Tutorials

Addam Driver

Creating a scoreboard in Spry in five easy steps


Build a real-time scoreboard with notifications for your personal website.

Don Booth

Building a Spry Sliding Panels widget


Enhance your pages with a widget that slides vertically, horizontally, or diagonally to reveal content.

Don Booth

Understanding the Spry periodic table


Get a breakdown of how this Spry-based Ajax application works and interact with a working demo.

Gunter Schenk

Exchanging data using the Spry framework for Ajax and PHP


Create a dynamic image gallery in Dreamweaver CS3 by retrieving images from a directory and generating XML data on the fly.

Creating a Photo Album

Building a photo album with the Spry framework


Create a dynamic photo album with the Spry framework that pulls in data from an XML page and uses CSS to format the page layout.

Dynamic Tables

Creating dynamic tables with the Spry framework


Learn how to convert static HTML table markup into a dynamically generated table structure that displays data from multiple XML files.

Florin Carlig

Using XML Export to create dynamic Spry data sets


Build dynamic Spry applications, based on database data using Dreamweaver and the Adobe Dreamweaver Developer Toolbox.

Massimo Foti

Creating an interface for editing data in Ajax


Use the Spry framework for Ajax, ColdFusion, and Dreamweaver to manipulate data in databases without the need for page refreshes.

Spry samples on Adobe Labs

Data set and dynamic region samples

Effects samples


For more examples, refer to the Spry samples page on Adobe Labs. For more information on widgets, refer to the Widget Model page. For additional help with data sets and dynamic regions, see Using the Spry Framework (PDF; 328K).

Spry demos on Adobe Labs

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