high volume edit functionality

[JoeMurray]

I'd like to build a high volume data editing forms (initial use case: entering foot canvass results) that:

• make a page full of search profile results editable, and
• use AJAX calls to save changed rows/records.

Drupal's editview module (http://drupal.org/project/editview) adds the first chunk of functionality above to Drupal views. But it seems like it would make more sense to do this within the CiviCRM context.

What would this look like in terms of a CiviCRM implementation?

• in Advanced Settings for profile settings form after Include profile edit links in search results, add checkbox labelled "Enable bulk edit for this profile?", defaulting to False
• A 'bulk edit' action would be added to the - more actions - drop down on the search results page,
• Save and Delete buttons to right of each row to allow graceful degradation in case javascript is off,
• javascript checking for field value changes when a row loses focus, automatically saving if there are any changes, and displaying result message(s) when update submission returns.

Questions:

• Dojo seems to be the official library/framework (http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/CiviCRM+and+AJAX), but jQuery seems to be getting attention in the community (http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/CiviCamp+-+Oct+13-14%2C+2008?focusedCommentId=9437527#comment-9437527, . Which is preferred for development that hopes to go into core?
• I'm imagining I should bake my own integration of dojo/jQuery for record submission/results display on callback, or is there something along the lines of Drupal's #ajaxsubmit either available or in the works (see http://www.chapterthree.com/sites/all/files/async_data_presentation.pdf, pp 27-30?
• Would the next step best be some detailed specs or some code?

[Kurund Jalmi]

    * Dojo seems to be the official library/framework (http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/CiviCRM+and+AJAX), but jQuery seems to be getting attention in the community (http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/CiviCamp+-+Oct+13-14%2C+2008?focusedCommentId=9437527#comment-9437527, . Which is preferred for development that hopes to go into core?

In CiviCRM v2.3 we have migrated form dojo to jQuery.

    * I'm imagining I should bake my own integration of dojo/jQuery for record submission/results display on callback, or is there something along the lines of Drupal's #ajaxsubmit either available or in the works (see http://www.chapterthree.com/sites/all/files/async_data_presentation.pdf, pp 27-30?
    * Would the next step best be some detailed specs or some code?

IMO you should search for inline editing jQuery plugin, rather than writing your own or using drupal's code.

Kurund