#programming (175 links)
- A re-introduction to JavaScript - MDC developer.mozilla.org
Why a re-introduction? Because JavaScript has a reasonable claim to being the world's most misunderstood programming language. While often derided as a toy, beneath its deceptive simplicity lie some powerful language features.
- jQuery: New Wave Javascript jquery.com
A new type of Javascript library. It is not a huge, bloated, framework promising the best in AJAX - nor is just a set of needlessly complex enhancements - jQuery is designed to change the way that you write Javascript.
- James Mc Parlane's Blog - Why I Still Won't Use The prototype.js JavaScript Library blog.metawrap.com · Archived on
I was not prepared for the amount of responses I got to my last article. There really are two camps - and they sit around fires making pointy sticks.
- James Mc Parlane's Blog - Why I Don't Use The prototype.js JavaScript Library blog.metawrap.com · Archived on
"What I and many many others have discovered is that using the prototype object on the Array and Object inbuilt types increases the chances that your code will conflict with existing or external code. It makes your code not play well with others, so once
- Google Web Toolkit - Build AJAX apps in the Java language code.google.com
A Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language.
"A font for programming must be monospaced, extremely readable, and must sharply distinguish between similar characters, such as capital O and zero and the number 1, capital I, and lowercase L. In addition, good programming fonts allow you to view more li
Hoary old cmd.exe does have a few tricks up its sleeve that you may not know about.
- Manning Ajax in Action manning.com
Open-source Javascript library
- Workrave workrave.org
Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.
Sweet Tiles
- QuirksBlog: <code>addEvent()</code> considered harmful quirksmode.org
- AddEvent Manager - TwinHelix twinhelix.com
- Tips for improved accessibility in ASP.NET 1.1 - Standards-schmandards standards-schmandards.com
- Using prototype.js v1.3.1 sergiopereira.com
"In my work with unobtrusive JavaScript, I've found that by far the most common action I take is "registering" a script to be executed once the page has finished loading. There are a number of ways of doing this"
- MochiKit – A lightweight Javascript library mochikit.com
A highly documented and well tested, suite of JavaScript libraries that will help you get shit done, fast.
- Out of Hanwell outofhanwell.com
Check all your JavaScript source code for common mistakes without actually running the script or opening the web page.
A quick yet detailed guide on how to set up a very easy-to-use development environment for Ruby On Rails. This guide is for Windows users but there's no reason that it couldn't be adapted for Linux users as well.
- Sam Ruby: Rails Confidence Builder intertwingly.net
Fueled by Friday’s feedback on CSS Server-side Variables I’ve taken another whack at this idea.
CSS-SSV hijacks the syntax of at-rules to isolate variable definitions. Variable names and their values are defined like any other CSS property. The goal was to make this as easy-to-use and native-looking as possible
- B&T's Tips & Scripts tips-scripts.com
A collection of Tips & Scripts to help you build a better website. The page is targeted towards the native Apache PHP MySQL environment.
- Extreme Web Development | And all that Malarkey stuffandnonsense.co.uk
The best known agile methodology is Extreme Programming (XP) and it provides some very interesting ideas for the web development world.
- Joel on Software - Hitting the High Notes joelonsoftware.com
Best Working Conditions → Best Programmers → Best Software → Profit!
an OO PHP framework with the core modules licensed under BSD
The JavaScript cheat sheet is designed to act as a reminder and reference sheet, listing methods and functions of JavaScript. It includes reference material for regular expressions in JavaScript, as well as a short guide to the XMLHttpRequest object.
- RailFrog - CMS on Rails railfrog.com
- Ruby: RubyStyleGuide rubygarden.org
O'Reilly's CD Bookshelf
- [brothercake] domFunction [was:domReady] brothercake.com
An easy-to-use helper script, that allows other DOM scripting to run before window.onload
- JavaScript Shell squarefree.com
A command-line interface for JavaScript and DOM.
A tender way to get started with a tender webframework