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New Adobe AIR Book Language Translations
Abstract from Mike Chambers (Indexed 2008-08-27):
Just a quick update on the tostring.org site which hosts the Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocketguide and the Adobe AIR for Flex Developers Pocketguide. We have been receiving a lot of translation contributions from the community, and posting them on the site.New language translations include:Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers PocketguideGermanSwedishAdobe AIR for Flex Developers [...]
jParallax Turns Elements into a Viewport
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-26):
In the “oh wow, I didn’t know JavaScript could do that” category, I just came across a cool new jQuery plugin called jParallax which implements a parallax effect on selected elements. Now, I’m not ashamed to admit not knowing what “parallax” meant so I looked it up on Wikipedia which totally added closure to the [...]
navigator.geolocation: Using the W3C Geolocation API today
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-26):
Last week I wrote a simple WhereAreYou? application that used the Google Ajax APIs ClientLocation API to access your location via your IP address.At the same time, we announced support for the Gears Geolocation API that can calculate your address using a GPS device, WiFi info, cell tower ids, and IP address lookups.Add to all [...]
Firebug 1.2: The final release is out there
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-26):
John has announced the Firebug 1.2 final release. As well as just supporting Firefox 3, there are some quality improvements:The Script panel (the JavaScript debugger), the Net panel (network monitoring), and Console panel have all seen considerable updates. They’re all much more performant and have a huge number of bug fixes.Specifically the Console panel has [...]
Want a Free Pass to The Ajax Experience?
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-25):
Thats right, a free pass! We are raffling off one free pass to The Ajax Experience show in Boston, September 29 October 1. That means that you can attend the $1495 event for free, courtesy of Ajaxian.com.Theres no catch. We are giving away one free pass to The Ajax Experience. The free pass only [...]
Razor Profiler: Check out your Ajax code
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-25):
Razor Profiler is a web-based Ajax profiling tool to help web developers understand and analyze the runtime behavior of their JavaScript code in a cross-browser environment. Razor Profiler can be access either online as a service; or be downloaded to run locally, and was created by Coach Wei who has done a lot of work [...]
ImageInfo: reading image metadata (EXIF) with JavaScript
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-25):
Jacob Seidelin finishes up his binary meme with a post on reading image metadata with JavaScript via a library that groks EXIF data.It tries to detect the format of the image file and then reads the header and pulls out information about dimensions and color depth among other things. If the EXIF data library is [...]
Standalone selector
Abstract from DOMscripting (Indexed 2008-08-25):
John Resig is a machine. Not content with dividing his time between working on jQuery and working on Firebug, he’s also got another few irons in the fire.Just for kicks, John has created a standalone selector engine called Sizzle. It’s not quite ready for prime time yet but it looks very promising. It uses the CSS syntax that has helped make jQuery such a popular library. Right now, the code is coming in at less than 4K!I really, really like this modular approach to writing JavaScrip...(truncated)...
Advanced Javascript effects
Abstract from Warped Visions (Indexed 2008-08-25):
Some of the best Javascript effects I’ve seen to date. Reasonable CPU use, works in FF3 and Safari (but not IE6).
Javascript introspection
Abstract from Warped Visions (Indexed 2008-08-25):
A example of introspection in Javascript. Way cool.
JavaScript JIT: The Dream Gets Closer (in Firefox)
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-22):
For years, many of us have been salivating over the idea of JIT’ed JavaScript in the browser. Adobe’s JIT’ing Flash VM showed a preview of tremendous speed gains to be had, but we’ve had to wait until SquirrelFish from WebKit to see anything dramatic happen in the browser.Until now.Mozilla just let the cat out of [...]
Gears 0.4 + Mashup of Gears and Google App Engine
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-22):
Hi folks, this is my first guest blog post here on Ajaxian. It’s great to join the team.Gears, the open source browser plugin that teaches web browsers new tricks, has pushed out a new 0.4 release.Andrei Popescu from the Gears team lets us in on some of the nifty new features:We have added a new [...]
The Ajax Experience: Early Bird Deadline is Today!
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-22):
The $100 early bird discount for The Ajax Experience expires today, August 22! Dont wait! Register now to reserve your spot at the lowest price.The Ajax Experience conference takes place September 29 October 1 in Boston. Register today to save $100 with the early bird rate.The Ajax Experience is the original [...]
Emulating onhashchange without setInterval
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-22):
IE 8 has an onhashchange event, and Ajax history / bookmark management has been a long time problem of choice for developers.Zach Leatherman has revisited the problem and has another solution that doesn’t require setInterval to check on the location.On initialization, we load an iframe onto the page that is positioned absolutely at -500px,-500px so [...]
Why the Mormon-Facebook Rumor Made Sense
Abstract from Mashable (Indexed 2008-08-22):
Several bloggers high and low took a great deal of heat for publishing a rumor yesterday that the Mormon church was looking into purchasing or acquiring social networking giant Facebook. WinExtra, The Industry Standard, Inquisitr and VentureBeat all covered the rumor that seemed to originate from Zach Klein and Brady Brim-DeForest.Zach Klein said on his blog:I heard from an employee close to the deal that the Mormon churchs genealogy business made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook.While mai...(truncated)...
Chain.js: jQuery Data Binding Service
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-21):
Rizqi Ahmad has created a data binding service for jQuery called Chain.js.A simple example shows you where to start. When given HTML like:PLAIN TEXTHTML: <div id="quickdemo"> <div class="item"><span class="library">Library Name</span></div></div> The following JavaScript will add data as items to the list:PLAIN TEXTJAVASCRIPT: $('#quickdemo') .items([ {library:...(truncated)...
Ajax Head Pattern; Unobtrusive Rails Apps
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-21):
Ken Collins has rewritten his Homemarks application, a Rails app that "allows you to dynamically create and sort Columns, Boxes, and Bookmarks into your own custom start page."What is interesting about the rewrite is the new approach that Ken took; the Ajax Head Pattern as he described it:HomeMarks was built using the Ruby on Rails [...]
querySelectorAll is coming fast
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-21):
We have all been talking about querySelectAll for awhile, but John Resig gives us a wrap-up that covers the state of play.He talks about the browsers, and the libraries that wrap them and clean up shop via code like:PLAIN TEXTJAVASCRIPT: function querySelectorAll(selector){ try { return Array.prototype.slice.call( document.querySelectorAll( selector ) ); } catch(e){} retur...(truncated)...
Making creating DOM-based applications less of a hassle
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-20):
Creating a lot of HTML using DOM methods can be a real pain. This is what students of the Juku training course that I held two weeks ago found out quite quickly and complained about the verbosity of it all. I listened to their concerns and came up with a framework for JavaScript applications calledViewsHandler. [...]
Running server side processes via JavaScript with Jaxer
Abstract from Ajaxian (Indexed 2008-08-20):
Tom Kirkpatrick has written about a new API in Jaxer, Jaxer.Process, that allows you to call out to the host operating system. His example has a call out to get the uptime on the machine:PLAIN TEXTJAVASCRIPT: <script runat="server-proxy">function runUptime() { // run the uptime and return the output from STDOUT return Jaxer.Process.exec("/usr/bin/uptime");}</sc...(truncated)... [...]
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