About Javascript
JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development. Its proper name is ECMAScript, though "JavaScript" is much more commonly used. "JavaScript" is actually Netscape Communications Corporation's (and now the Mozilla Foundation's) implementation of the ECMAScript standard.
Read MoreJavaScript is a dynamic, weakly typed, prototype-based language with first-class functions. JavaScript was influenced by many languages and was designed to have a similar look to Java, but be easier for non-programmers to work with. The language is best known for its use in websites (as client-side JavaScript), but is also used to enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications.
Despite the name, JavaScript is unrelated to the Java programming language; though both have a common debt to C syntax. The language was renamed from LiveScript in a co-marketing deal between Netscape and Sun in exchange for Netscape bundling Sun's Java runtime with their browser, which was dominant at the time. Semantically, JavaScript syntax has far more in common with the Self programming language.
"JavaScript" is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. It was used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape Communications and current entities such as the Mozilla Foundation."
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Quotes about Javascript
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“ JavaScript environment in Emacs-Lisp, with two goals: (1) create a world-class JavaScript IDE for Emacs, and (2) permit writing Emacs extensions in JavaScript ”
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“ If you're a Ruby programmer and you like Ruby as a language, context-switching into JavaScript is just something you have to do. ”
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“ Sure, you could do it that way, but then at some point you might have to add some JavaScript code that adds some custom functionality on the client yourself. ”
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Firebug Dreams
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Some ideas for Firebug beyond Firebug 1.6 and 1.7: Javascript edit and go: Currently you can edit the DOM values, CSS rules, and HTML elements and attributes. Bu... (Read Full Article)
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Remove an item from a Javascript array
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RequireJS: Asynchronous JavaScript loading
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A certain someone was talking to me about how they find it interesting that node.js, the JavaScript server framework du jour which loves all things async, starts life with a bunch of synchronous requ... (Read Full Article)
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Rob's Space: ASP.Net Data meets Ext JS: Ext.net – Store and ...
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...ve to learn when and how to place each control on the page to Ext JS controls are coded entirely in JavaScript and the separation between browser and server is clearly defined. There is no half-HTML/half C# (o... (Read Full Article)
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Implementation Spotlight: Telensa
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...enting some 1.3% of all electricity consumption. Why did you choose Ext JS? Given the wide range of JavaScript libraries available it was important to choose the right one. We needed to choose a library that wa...
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Implementation Spotlight: Telensa — Ext JS Blog — JavaScript ...
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Ambilight Sample; video and canvas
Explore Article Ajaxian (Mar 12 2010)
...TML5 video + canvas sample that mimics the TV effect. As the video runs, a snapshot is sent over to JavaScript land where colors are worked out: PLAIN TEXT JAVASCRIPT: function getMidColors(side) { var w = buffer.width, [...] Ambi...
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Ask /r/JS: Good JavaScript UI Programming Design Pattern?
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... trying to see if there's a better design pattern than what I'm doing right now. Most of my JavaScript is used to fetch JSON data and then manipulate DOM to create better UI experience. So I have series... (Read Full Article)
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YQL Geo library – all your geo needs in pure JavaScript
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...emaker but had a hard time getting their head around them I thought it a good idea to build a small JavaScript library that does the job for them. I give you the YQL Geo library (and its source on GitHub). Usin... (Read Full Article)
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YQL Geo Library and Introduction to Geo Hacking talk
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In the YUI 3 Gallery: Matt Snider’s Number Module
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Mar 10 2010) YUI
...e makes extensive use of YUI in the presentation layer. He is also the author of a popular blog on JavaScript. Matt contributed the YUI 2 Storage Utility to YUI and is an active community [...] In the YUI 3 G...
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YUI Theater — Douglas Crockford: “Crockford on JavaScript — Episode IV: The Metamorphosis of Ajax” (93 min.)
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a quick note on JavaScript engine components
Explore Article hacks.mozilla.org (Mar 8 2010)
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