C H A P T E R 6
Implementing Summary Lists
Summary lists (see Figure 6-1) are designed to enable users to quickly locate and identify a record of a given type among the existing data in the system. After they have found the record, they can then drill down to the record to view it in detail and, potentially, edit it.
Instead of requiring the full record for each item in the list to be sent to the client, summary lists generally only request and display enough data from the server to enable the user to identify the record they wish to view/edit. After the user has selected the record, the application will go back to the server and retrieve the remaining data for that record, and any associated and supporting data, to populate a details screen ...
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