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Programming JavaScript

JavaScript is a great language, like C# and Actionscript it is based on the EMCA script standard. Being a web developer there are many times when a little JavaScript comes in very handy to enhance the user experience.

Element Traversal Specification

by breakdown at 08:14 AM, 08/13/2008

"This specification defines the ElementTraversal interface, which allows script navigation of the elements of a DOM tree, excluding all other nodes in the DOM, such as text nodes. It also provides an attribute to expose the number of child elements of an element. It is intended to provide a more convenient alternative to existing DOM navigation interfaces, with a low implementation footprint"

Introducing Google Doctype

by breakdown at 09:57 AM, 05/14/2008

"Google has built its business here, on the open web, and we want to help you build here too. To that end, we are happy to announce the formation of an encyclopedia for web developers, by web developers: Google Doctype."

Google Doctype

by breakdown at 09:55 AM, 05/14/2008

"Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more."

Processing.js

by breakdown at 06:26 AM, 05/09/2008

"I've ported the Processing visualization language to JavaScript, using the Canvas element." Mind boggling. I first saw Processing at foo camp a few years ago and remember thinking that the natural environment for it was the browser. Via Simon.

Stephen Meschkat's javascript templating engine.

An improved JavaScript mode for GNU Emacs.

by breakdown at 22:18 PM, 03/30/2008

Written by Steve Yegge, this is the real thing. It parses the javascript grammar itself (not just a regex approximation, like the old javascript mode), so it gets things like highlighting, indentation, and folding right.

How do I make my site 'light up' with Internet Explorer 8?

by breakdown at 08:45 AM, 03/05/2008

Now this never occurred to me before -- what if IE8 was actually a /better/ browser than WebKit or FF? That puts in the industry in an interesting position, especially if those extensions are done in the open, and openly licensed.

Google Calendar Data API Developer's Guide (Javascript)

by breakdown at 15:04 PM, 09/19/2007

File under the "subtly huge" category: "This document describes how to use the JavaScript client library to send Google data API ("GData") queries and interpret returned responses."

Google Web Toolkit Blog: GWT 1.4 release and out of beta

by breakdown at 19:02 PM, 08/28/2007

Congrats, guys! GWT 1.4 is a huge milestone.

Reference implementation of JavaScript 2. Steve Yegge thinks this could be "the next big language" and I'm inclined to agree with the potential. Here's a way to help you make up your own mind. Via Simon.

Google AJAX Feed API

by breakdown at 08:00 AM, 04/18/2007

We launched the AJAX Feed API today. In my opinion, this is one of the more profound new ways of consuming syndicated content. Hats off to the team.

JSON and Browser Security " Yahoo! User Interface Blog

by breakdown at 08:50 AM, 04/11/2007

Douglas Crockford discusses JSON and security. A good read, and great content for the Yahoo blog. I hope to see more like this. Via both Bill and Simon.

http://developer.mozilla.org/es4/

by breakdown at 05:51 AM, 03/15/2007

"This is the export root of the ECMAScript 4 committee wiki." If you want to get a head start on what will likely be a big part of your life, start reading here.

Maven - Json-lib::Welcome

by breakdown at 09:53 AM, 03/09/2007

The relatively new json library for Java, based on Douglas Crokford's original work.

JavaScript 2 and the Future of the Web

by breakdown at 08:38 AM, 02/11/2007

Just read through this presentation on JavaScript 2 for the first time. I like what I see.

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Home centers are designed for the do-it-yourselfer who's willing to pay higher prices for the convenience of being able to shop for lumber, hardware, and toasters all in one location. Notice I say "shop for", as opposed to "obtain". This is the major drawback of home centers: they are always out of everything except artificial Christmas trees. The home center employees have no time to reorder merchandise because they are too busy applying little price stickers to every object -- every board, washer, nail and screw -- in the entire store ... Let's say a piece in your toilet tank breaks, so you remove the broken part, take it to the home center, and ask an employee if he has a replacement. The employee, who has never is his life even seen the inside of a toilet tank, will peer at the broken part in very much the same way that a member of a primitive Amazon jungle tribe would look at an electronic calculator, and then say, "We're expecting a shipment of these sometime around the middle of next week". -- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
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