DickBlog - Not much original comment, but lots of great resources - JavaScript

Datejs

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:58:00 +0100

Datejs looks like a powerful JavaScript date library.

AutoComplete with jQuery

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:30:00 +0100

I'm starting to look at jQuery as an alternative to the AJAX stuff in CF8 which I've found to be less than satisfactory.

Here's an alternative AutoComplete solution.

thepeoplestoolbox

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:56:00 +0100

thePeoplesToolbox is a nice repository of bookmarks for popular programming and design sites.

CFDUMP for JavaScript

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:28:00 +0100

Here's an interesting idea, CFDUMP for JavaScript!

Compress JavaScript Files with ColdFusion

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:03:00 +0100

Darryl Lyons has a cool JavaScript Compressor. "CFjsmin (beta) is a ColdFusion component that compresses JavaScript files too a fraction of their original size (sometimes more than 50%). It achieves this by removing all non-essential whitespace and comments."

jQuery

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:01:00 +0100

"jQuery is 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. What is jQuery? jQuery is a Javascript library that takes this motto to heart: Writing Javascript code should be fun. jQuery acheives this goal by taking common, repetitive, tasks, stripping out all the unnecessary markup, and leaving them short, smart and understandable."

Firebug the JavaScript Debugger

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:36:00 +0100

Firebug is a great JavaScript debugger for Firefox. There's also an interesting screencast of how to use it.

Flash Detection

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:49:00 +0100

Good old Ray Camden has blogged about Flash detection and has prompted an alternative to the Macromedia/Adobe solution. It's called FlashObject.

Ajax (XmlHTTPRequest Object)

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:04:00 +0100

There have been a lot of posts recently on the XmlHTTPRequest object since Google released their Google Suggest application in the Google labs. Here are a few links describing this method that I thought I would throw together:

Found some new stuff here on the Fusebox forum which led me to JSMX which looks really simple to implement. I like that!

AjaxCF is another blog out there that is specialising in AJAX. it has some good ideas and links to other resources.

NTP for Javascript

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:36:00 +0100

Here an interesting article on getting an accurate time inJavaScript...

http://jehiah.com/archive/ntp-for-javascript

JavaScript Editing with Eclipse

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:25:00 +0100

JSEclipse is a freeware Javascript plug-in for the Eclipse environment. Designed to help web developers edit JavaScript files with ease, it has built in support for:

Code completion for JavaScript function and classes.
Code completion for JavaDoc.
Function and class names are displayed in the Outline panel for the currently open file.
Open declaration
Error reporting
Warning reporting
Code wrap

How to Code for Popup

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:55:00 +0100

Rather than code ...


link title

...use this...


link title

..and this JavaScript function...


function popupWindow(strURL,strName,strWindowFeature) {
	objWindow = window.open(strURL,strName,strWindowFeature);
	
	if (window.focus) {
		window.objWindow.focus();
	}

	return false;
}

Got this idea from here and there are more ideas here and here.

Cheat Sheet Roundup

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:00:00 +0100

Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers

Upload multiple files with a single file element

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:09:00 +0100

Here's a neat way to only show a single upload form element when you want to upload many files.

Drag and Drop Boxes

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:35:00 +0100

Here's a neat method of drag and dropping boxes around the screen.