AJAX Autosave
- by antony.trupe
What's the best javascript library, or plugin or extension to a library, that has implemented autosaving functionality?
The specific need is to be able to 'save' a data grid. Think gmail and Google Documents' autosave.
I don't want to reinvent the wheel if its already been invented. I'm looking for an existing implementation of the magical autoSave() function.
Auto-Saving:pushing to server code that saves to persistent storage, usually a DB. The server code framework is outside the scope of this question.
Note that I'm not looking for an Ajax library, but a library/framework a level higher: interacts with the form itself.
daemach introduced an implementation on top of jQuery @ http://ideamill.synaptrixgroup.com/?p=3. I'm not convinced it meets the lightweight and well engineered criteria though.
Criteria
stable, lightweight, well engineered
saves onChange and/or onBlur
saves no more frequently then a given number of milliseconds
handles multiple updates happening at the same time
doesn't save if no change has occurred since last save
saves to different urls per input class
Updates
I've stabilized a solution. See my answer below for links.
