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Implementing linked multiselects with jQuery, LiveQuery, and Low Pro: Part 1: Requirements and interaction design

Brian Dillard, Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 6:10 pm

Last week I spent a couple of days lashing together a UI widget for a project that needed a little Ajax assistance. As always, I looked for an opportunity to learn something along the way, so I got signoff on using jQuery and some plugins I hadn't previously employed.

The result? A down-and-dirty mini-project that let me test drive Color Animations, jqModal and Low Pro for jQuery while employing tried-and-true solutions such as jQuery Templates and Live Query. What's more, the requirements for the widget itself left room for some careful consideration of user experience design.

In the end, I built a client-side demo in just a few days and handed it off to the project lead for integration with a complex back end. Now I'm free to refine my deadline-constrained code into something a little more OO and share the results.

This week, I'll talk about the project's complex usability requirements and Pathfinder's user-centered solution to those requirements. Next week, I'll walk you through our first pass at building custom code, roping in open-source libraries and making it all work together on a tight deadline. Finally, I'll walk you through the refactoring process so you can see the final, properly factored and reusable version.

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