Friday, March 31st, 2006
Category: IE, JavaScript
, Screencast
, Toolkit
Patrick Fitzgerald posted a nice screencast explaining how he diagnosed and fixed an IE memory leak in his tabifier library. He walks through using the free tool Process Explorer to watch IE’s memory grow with each page refresh. He writes: This screencast discusses how I diagnosed and fixed a memory leak in a JavaScript library. Read the rest…
Category: Showcase
In their ever-continuing quest to release one Ajax application a week, the folks over at AjaxLaunch have posted their latest creation – AjaxSketch. It’s an object-oriented drawing program suitable for creating flow charts, org charts, simple diagrams, maps, etc. ajaxSketch can open, edit and save files in SVG, an open standard graphic format, making it Read the rest…
Category: Programming, XmlHttpRequest
If you’ve ever been programming along, working with your Ajax connections and wondered why you have to make a new one each time, you’re not alone. Eric Pascarello asked himself the same question and decided to do something out it. He’s written up a simple test Ajax app that just pulls in XML data from Read the rest…
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Category: CSS, Programming
We’ve seen lots of Ajax image galleries and slideshows and, not surprisingly, they invariably make good use of Javascript. But Stu Nichols proves it doesn’t have to be that way – he’s built a functional image gallery in pure CSS (via Digg). His article points out it’s compatible with all the major browsers. Just hover Read the rest…
Category: Ajax, Programming
Hot on the heels of the momentum that Ajax has generated all across the web, book publishers have been clamoring to get as much Ajax-related material out as they can. They’ve looked at a variety of subjects, ranking in skill level from the basic and the simple all the way out to highly complex, creating Read the rest…
Category: JavaScript, Programming
Once again, DevArticles is back with a new project that I’ve seen many people ask for as a way to keep on top of their email no matter where they are – an Ajax-enabled POP3 client. This article is the first of a three part series to create a simple app that can grab the Read the rest…
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Category: JavaScript, Prototype
Prototype is quickly becoming one of the most widely used Javascript libraries on the web, and with good reason. It sets up a simple interface making common Javascript tasks as simple as a single line of code. Of course, there are some things that Prototype still hasn’t gotten around to yet – such as this Read the rest…
Category: Ajax, Programming
, Toolkit
With Ajax still being a relatively new technology (just over a year old – well, the term is anyway), there are will some power struggles among the larger companies to see who will be king of the hill. Two major players, Eclipse and Microsoft, are competing for this leadership, according to this InformationWeek article. The Read the rest…
Category: JavaScript, Toolkit
Lokesh Dhakar has released version 2.0 of his nifty JavaScript image tool, Lightbox. What’s New in Version 2.0 Image Sets: group related images and navigate through them with ease Visual Effects: fancy pants transitions Backwards Compatibility: yes! The effects are nicely done, and look very similiar to what the guys at alwaysBeta did with it, Read the rest…
In the eternal quest for getting one’s website where more and more eyes can see it, there’s one number that a large part of the world looks to for the best idea of where they lie – the Google PageRank. According to Google, this number upholds the: uniquely democratic nature of the web by using Read the rest…
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Category: Books, Examples
, Library
, Prototype
, Ruby
Ruby on Rails 1.1 has been released with an impressive set of new features for a point release. For a comprehensive list of new features, check out Scott Raymond's post or the official annoucement. The Ajax related features include: RJS templates - Javascript generation in Ruby for common Ajax updates. Now in addition to .rhtml Read the rest...
Category: IE, JavaScript
, Library
Jorgen Horstink has started to hack away on a W3C Range implementation for Internet Explorer. An example of its usage is: PLAIN TEXT JAVASCRIPT: <script src="function.prototype.js" type="text/javascript" /> <script src="range.js" type="text/javascript" /> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function () { var sel = new Selection(); var range = new Range(); Read the rest...
After our recent story on NetJaxer, Chris Saad from Touchstone alerted us that he's working on a similar concept. (T)he idea of having a client-side heads-up-display to web-based apps is one that is a passion of mine. I just wanted to let you know we have a similar solution (and a very firm strategy) that Read the rest...
Monday, March 27th, 2006
Category: JavaScript, Utility
When debugging your Ajax (or other Javascript) applications, you can never have too much information. Sometimes, it helps to have things all laid out there before you can really see the issue at hand. This handy little script can help you get a better idea of what the Javascript on your page is really like. Read the rest...
Several sites make use of simple floating divs to make "windows" on a page, but what if you want something with a bit more refinement to it? With the help of Prototype and the script.aculou.us Javascript libraries, this post will show you how to make those popup "windows" sing. This javascript class allows you to Read the rest...
Category: Showcase
Ever wondered when the online job searching sites would get out of the "old web" and into a more Web 2.0 kind of attitude? Well, a new site, Jobby, is looking to change that image. Jobby is a new way to think about resumes that lets you show off your qualifications and make it easy Read the rest...
Caching and dynamic views
My client does not want to change his cache settings on IE and I'm trying to figure out a way to dynamically update a view each time it is visited. I...
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