I have started my new single page application. So far I was able to create login/authentication process and build the templates for the Home.cfm page. While looking around the web I see that JQuery can provide navigation template for single page app. My current code is old fashion and here is what I have. So in root folder I have index.html and here is content of that page:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=Login.cfm" />
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
You can see the url in meta tag redirects to Login.cfm. First thing I would like for my website to show only web site name instead of what I have now:
https://example.com/Login.cfm
After user entered Username and Password in Login.cfm I will process authentication with Auth.cfc where I check user credentials. If they successfully pass that step I lead them to Home.cfm. This page is main page of my SPA. Then my url looks like this:
https://example.com/Home.cfm
In Home.cfm I have code that is organize and loaded in different .html files. Code does work and I have decent performance but I would like to use JQuery navigation template method something like MVC. I would prefer to use my current technology stak JQuery, Bootstrap 3, HTML5, CSS and ColdFusion 2016. I looked over few examples but still did not understand how to reorganize my application. I use IIS web server on my site. Here is example of my Home.cfm page:
#main-container {
padding-top: 20px;
}
.nav-tabs {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.tab-content {
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
div.tab-box {
background-color: #f8f8f8;
;
}
ul.nav-tabs>li.active>a,
ul.nav-tabs>li.active>a:focus,
ul.nav-tabs>li.active>a:hover {
background-color: #f8f8f8;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>SPA</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<script language="javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script language="javascript" src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main-container" class="container">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<p class="navbar-text"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-home"></span> <b>Welcome to My Application!</b></p>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li class="dropdown">
<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">Menu<span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul id="main-menu" class="dropdown-menu">
<li class="active"><a href="/tab1-page" data-container="tab1-container">Tab 1</a></li>
<li><a href="/tab2-page" data-container="tab2-container">Tab 2</a></li>
<li><a href="/tab3-page" data-container="tab3-container">Tab 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" data-toggle="popover" role="button">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" data-toggle="confirmation" data-popout="true" role="button" id="log_out">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-log-in"></span> Logout</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<div id="tab1-container">
<cfinclude template="Includes/Tab1.html">
</div>
<div id="tab2-container">
<cfinclude template="Includes/Tab2.html">
</div>
<div id="tab3-container">
<cfinclude template="Includes/Tab3.html">
</div>
</div>
<script language="javascript" src="JS/Tab1.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" src="JS/Tab2.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" src="JS/Tab3.js"></script>
</body>
</html>I use JQuery to navigate user to different template once they click on the menu. Basically this will show/hide the elements on the screen. If anyone can provide some good tutorial or example on how this can be organize please let me know.
