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  1. CDNs Gaining Broader Use with JavaScript Libraries

    Ajaxian (Nov 20 2008) Explore Article

    YUI and Google Most everyone knows that Google has really stepped up to the plate by helping many JavaScript library projects host their builds on the Google AJAX Libraries API. Apart from providing a central distribution point for these libraries, the bandwidth cost savings alone go a long way in helping frameworks service there users in [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Eric Miraglia   John Resig

  2. Weed Out Obtrusive JavaScript

    Ajaxian (Nov 4 2008) Explore Article

    By now, most developers have (or should have) come to realize how important it is to build unobtrusive JavaScript code. Apart from ensuring a better user experience, today’s tools and libraries make it extremely easier to embrace this practice. Continuing down the path of providing developers good tools, Robert Nyman of DOMAssistant fame has updated his [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Robert Nyman   Firefox

  3. Fronteers Conference Videos Available on the YDN Theater

    Ajaxian (Oct 22 2008) YUI Explore Article

    The Fronteers conference recently held in Amsterdam featured a bevvy of top shelf speakers. Developers such as Dean Edwards, Stuart Langridge, Chris Heilmann and Tom Occhino, among others, discussed JavaScript, CSS, accessibility issues and more. Yahoo!, via the Yahoo! Developer Network, is hosting several videos from the conference and it’s definitely worth a visit to [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dean Edwards   Christian Heilmann   Yahoo

  4. Ajaxian Featured Tutorial: Building a JavaScript table grid application with TaffyDB

    Ajaxian (Oct 17 2008) Explore Article

    Back in March, we posted about Ian Smith’s newest project, TaffyDB, the lightweight JavaScript library that acts as thin data layer inside Web 2.0 and Ajax applications. Ian contacted us to let us know about a new tutorial that he posted which provides step-by-step instructions on how to best implement TaffyDB: TaffyDB extracts the “hard part” of [...] (Read Full Article)

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  5. Say Goodbye to alert()

    Ajaxian (Oct 15 2008) Explore Article

    Blackbird, G. Scott Olson's JavaScript logging library, truly has a catchy slogan. The slogan "Say hello to Blackbird and 'goodbye' to alert()" definitely captures what the Blackbird library aims to do; make logging messages in JavaScript extremely easy. And setup is very easy. By incorporating the following lines of code, you've now added the ability [...] (Read Full Article)

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  6. An Interest Twist on a Pastebin

    Ajaxian (Oct 9 2008) Explore Article

    Pastebins have become an important part of sharing code with colleagues. Sites such as Pastebin & Pastie.org are extremely popular because they’re easy to use and very effective in letting people compare notes on source code, especially in a support setting. Remy Sharp wanted to take the pastebin concept a step further, past the static [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Javascript   Remy Sharp

  7. Dojo Toolkit 1.2 RC1 is Out!

    Ajaxian (Sep 19 2008) Dojo Explore Article

    The Dojo team has put out the much anticipated release candidate for the Dojo Toolkit 1.2. Lots of work has gone into this with new updates and features galore added to this release: 1000+ changes, improvements, and bug fixes since the 1.1.1 release Huge improvements to Dijit include .attr() for getting and setting all attributes, and performance [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   LightBox

  8. Linux Users Are Closer to Building AIR Apps

    Ajaxian (Sep 17 2008) Explore Article

    Adobe continues to update the AIR runtime and SDK to make it a strong cross-platform candidate for building desktop apps. Support for the Linux operating system has been a bit of a sore spot for the AIR team but they’re working hard to address that as evidenced with their release yesterday of Adobe AIR for [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe

  9. Want to Use AIR? Read About the Dojo Toolbox Development Effort First

    Ajaxian (Sep 9 2008) Dojo Explore Article

    If you’ve ever been curious as to what goes into building a Adobe AIR application, then read Kevin Dangoor’s account of how the Dojo Toolbox was built: Building the Dojo Toolbox allowed us to dive into Adobe® AIR™, and to create a blended toolchain of JavaScript, PHP, Python and Rhino (JavaScript on the Java Virtual Machine) [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe   Javascript   Adobe AIR

  10. Awesome Time Waster: YUI Pacman!

    Ajaxian (Sep 8 2008) YUI Explore Article

    Okay I’d like to know how many of the Ajaxian readers are actually old enough to remember real arcade games which required endless amounts of quarters to become good. Yeah, those were the days when calluses on your thumbs were the norm and being able to “hold it” (ie: not go to the bathroom for [...] (Read Full Article)

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  11. Resig on JavaScript Benchmark Quality

    Ajaxian (Sep 8 2008) Explore Article

    It’s truly amazing how the release of Chrome has ratcheted up the focus on JavaScript and its performance. It’s not to say that JavaScript performance wasn’t important before but with Google coming out claiming amazing speed improvements via V8, it’s really gotten the community focused on determining how to best measure these claims. John Resig, who [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   John Resig   Javascript

  12. 3D CSS Transforms on the iPhone

    Ajaxian (Sep 8 2008) Explore Article

    iPhone apps get a lot of attention and press and understandably so. For a lot of iPhone app developers, these tiny apps can turn into a tremendous cash cow making development for the phone platform invaluable. But considering that the iPhone is running Safari on it, it’s surprising that we haven’t seen a whole lot [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Safari   Paul Bakaus

  13. jParallax Turns Elements into a Viewport

    Ajaxian (Aug 26 2008) Explore Article

    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 [...] (Read Full Article)

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  14. Ajaxian Featured Tutorial: Show/Hide Login Panel Built with MooTools

    Ajaxian (Aug 19 2008) Explore Article

    Conserving screen real-estate while still providing good content to the user has always been a challenge for designers and developers and while larger screen dimensions are becoming more prominent, it's still important to take full advantage of the space available to you. Jeeremie over at Web Kreation came up with a very cool method of [...] (Read Full Article)

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  15. jQuery Conference 2008 Registration Open

    Rey Bango's Blog (Aug 15 2008) Explore Article

    Registration for jQuery Conference 2008 is officially open. Register now to ensure your spot! As announced, this one-day conference will be held in Boston on Sunday, September 28, and will feature two tracks of presentations (beginner and advanced) from jQuery project members and a few special guest speakers. A registration fee of $50 will help cover the cost of the venue, as well as food, beverages, and T-shirts for all ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ajax Experience

  16. Lightweight Grid Control for jQuery

    Ajaxian (Jul 18 2008) Explore Article

    Developers are always looking for a great grid control that is easy to use, customizable and, of course, feature-rich. Paulo Mariñas has created just that for jQuery developers. Flexigrid is an extremely flexible grid control with provides many of the features highly-desired by developers. These include: Resizable columns Resizable height and width Sortable column headers Cool theme Can convert an [...] (Read Full Article)

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  17. Dojo Grid Widget Updated. Data Integration and Editing Improvements.

    Ajaxian (Jul 16 2008) Dojo Explore Article

    Dojo developers will be pleased to read about the recent update to the Dojo grid control. Version 1.2 of the grid control focuses primarily on improving integration with Dojo data stores, improved grid layout handling and providing advanced in-place editing capabilities. The update was fairly extensive forcing the team to rethink the design of the [...] (Read Full Article)

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  18. Live Scrolling via Ext’s LiveDataPanel Widget

    Ajaxian (Jul 16 2008) Explore Article

    Many developers really like the live scrolling functionality popularized by DZone. As you scroll down the page, a XHR call is made which pulls back data and instantly refreshes and allows you to continue to scroll down almost endlessly. Aaron Conran has built a widget for the Ext JS library which provides this functionality in [...] (Read Full Article)

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  19. Offline Access to Dojo Resources

    Ajaxian (Jul 8 2008) Dojo Explore Article

    Ever had a situation where you’ve desperately needed to get API information for your favorite toolkit only to find that the site is offline for some reason? The Dojo Toolbox aims to tackle this through the use of Adobe’s AIR runtime. Built using the Dojo framework, the Dojo Toolbox allows for offline viewing of Dojo’s [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe

  20. jQuery & ColdFusion..CF'ers are Starting to Catch the Fever

    Rey Bango's Blog (Jun 30 2008) jQuery Explore Article

    I've been writing about the jQuery JavaScript framework for some time and really trying to help the CF community understand the power of this very lightweight library. As the head of evangelism for the jQuery project, it's my job to ensure that the correct message gets out about jQuery and that I continuously find ways of helping jQuery developers get the information they need. Being very vested in ColdFusion, I ... (Read Full Article)

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  21. jQuery Camp 2008 Announced

    Rey Bango's Blog (Jun 26 2008) jQuery Explore Article

    The jQuery Team is pleased to announce the second annual jQuery Camp! jQuery Camp 2008 will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28, the day before The Ajax Experience, in Boston, MA (location TBA). Last year, over 100 jQuery developers gathered for a full day of jQuery sessions, which included talks from such big names as jQuery creator John Resig and other core team members, as well as talks from expert ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ajax Experience   John Resig

  22. CNET Updates the Clientside MooTools Plugin Repository

    Ajaxian (Jun 23 2008) Explore Article

    The MooTools team recently announced v1.2 of their namesake JavaScript library and hot on the heels of this release is an update to the CNET Clientside MooTools plugin repository. CNET has a very comprehensive set of controls and widgets that complement the MooTools library that provide such functionality as carousels, slideshows, date pickers and tabs. [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Firefox   Opera

  23. Combobox Coolness by Giva Labs

    Ajaxian (Jun 23 2008) Explore Article

    The team at Giva Labs were looking for a method to show off a complex hierarchical tree of options within their software applications and while there are many options in terms of UI controls, they needed something that would be intuitive and offer both mouse and keyboard entry. The requirements were challenging: Menus must resize and [...] (Read Full Article)

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  24. Dojo gets Aim Api Support from AOL

    Ajaxian (Jun 17 2008) Dojo Explore Article

    James Burke of AOL announced that AOL has released Dojo modules which wrap AOL’s Web AIM API. This is a very big announcement as the Web AIM API lets developers incorporate core AIM functionality into any web page including the ability to sign on, send and receive IMs, and obtain a user’s Buddy List. My [...] (Read Full Article)

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  25. Adobe AIR v1.1 Released, Enhanced Support for Internalization

    Ajaxian (Jun 17 2008) Explore Article

    Adobe AIR, the SDK & runtime which has become the popular choice for building desktop-enabled web applications, has been updated with enhanced support for internalization. With AIR v1.1, Adobe has bumped the number of supported languages to ten including Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish & Brazilian Portuguese and included support for double-byte keyboard input. Other notable enhancements [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe   Adobe AIR

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