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Ask Satyam: Writing Clean, Debuggable Code
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (2 hours, 48 min ago)
Satyam (a.k.a Daniel Barreiro) is a long-time YUI contributor and one of the most prolific, generous experts in the YUI forums. He is also the author of a new book on YUI 2.8.0, YUI 2.8.0: Learning the Library. This article in the “Ask Satyam” series was suggested by JoeDev. While its focus (like [...]
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YUI Theater — Douglas Crockford: “Crockford on JavaScript — Scene 6: Loopage” (52 min.)
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 30 2010)
Douglas Crockford’s latest installment in the “Crockford on JavaScript” series, a talk in which he covers the role of event loops and the importance of server-side JavaScript, is now available on video. Flash video is embedded below, or you can download the HD video (480p ~370MB). Video from the first five lectures is [...] (Read Full Article)
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Introducing Yeti: The YUI Easy Testing Interface
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 25 2010)
Testing JavaScript is an important but often overlooked part of web development. One reason is because developing for the web means targeting more than one browser. YUI currently classifies 11 different environments that enjoy our highest support level. In addition, we also test YUI on emerging X-grade environments like mobile devices. When you have so [...]
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Developing an Accessible Star Ratings Widget
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 24 2010)
/* * for the forms in this article */ .tjk-form {margin-bottom:3em;} /* **************************** Image Replacement Techniques **************************** * * A la Yahoo! Music * the original sprite is vertical and the styling is slightly different */ .tjk-spans span { background:transparent url(img/sprite.png) no-repeat scroll 0; font-size:0; height: 19px; overflow:hidden; vertical-align:middle; width: 96px; display: block; } .tjk-spans em { display:block; } .tjk-spans .r15 { background-position:-385px 0; } .tjk-spans .r25 { background-position:-288px 0; } .tjk-spans [...] (Read Full Article)
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Announcing YUI 3.1.2: Critical Security Update for All YUI 3.1.x/3.2.0pr1 Users
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 19 2010)
The YUI team released YUI 3.1.2 today. This is an important security update for all users of YUI 3.1.x and 3.2.0pr1. If you are hosting YUI 3.1.x or 3.2.0pr1 on your site, or if you use YUI 3.1.x/3.2.0pr1 IO’s cross-domain functionality, you are affected. XDR in YUI’s IO utility implements a Flash transport as [...] (Read Full Article)
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Quick Edit mode for YUI 2 DataTable
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 19 2010)
YUI 2 DataTable provides slick inline editing. When disableBtns is turned on in the column configuration, editing simple values like strings or numbers feels just like Excel. However, the experience cannot be as responsive as a desktop application because each change typically requires an XHR call to the server to store (or reject!) [...] (Read Full Article)
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Using YUI 2 on the DuckDuckGo Search Engine
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 19 2010)
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that uses YUI extensively. Here’s what it uses in particular: ImageLoader. Matt Mlinac’s YUI 2 ImageLoader was the first thing I implemented and what originally hooked me on YUI for this project. DuckDuckGo has favicons next to results and often has “Zero-click Info” above results that usually includes an image. I [...]
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Implementing YUI on the Assembla.com Agile Planner
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 18 2010)
Fast and fun – that was the user requirement for the new Assembla.com Agile Planner – an AJAX interface for adding development tasks, building story/feature outlines, and scheduling them into releases. We were lucky to have YUI 3 to make it fast and fun to implement as well. I had used YUI 2 for a [...]
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Ask Satyam: Row Expansion and Nested DataTables
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 17 2010)
Satyam (a.k.a Daniel Barreiro) is a long-time YUI contributor and one of the most prolific, generous experts in the YUI forums. He is also the author of a new book on YUI 2.8.0, YUI 2.8.0: Learning the Library. This article in the “Ask Satyam” series was suggested by Alberto Santini and Bryan Kane. [...]
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YUI Theater — Nicholas Zakas and Victor Tsaran: “Accessibility on the Yahoo Homepage (58 min.)”
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 16 2010)
In June, Yahoo! hosted a BayJax meetup dedicated to web accessibility. Nicholas Zakas, Yahoo! homepage developer, and Victor Tsaran, Yahoo! senior accessibility program manager, gave a talk on the process of making Yahoo!’s homepage highly accessible. We apologize for the uneven audio levels: there were technical issues with the microphones that we unfortunately were only able [...]
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YUI Theater — Dennis Lembree: “Making JavaScript Accessible (26 min.)”
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 16 2010)
In June, at the BayJax meetup on web accessibility hosted by Yahoo!, the accessibility expert Dennis Lembree gave a talk on the challenges of making JavaScript-enabled websites accessible. If the video embed below doesn’t show up correctly in your RSS reader of choice, be sure to click through to watch the high-resolution version of the video [...]
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YUI: Open Hours Wed Aug 18th
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 16 2010)
Let’s talk about DataTable! For those of you that don’t subscribe to the YUI calendar or YUILibrary.com forum, the next installment of YUI: Open Hours will be this Wednesday the 18th. DataTable is one of the most used components in YUI 2, and certainly one of the most coveted components for YUI 3. It’s not uncommon [...] (Read Full Article)
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In the Wild for August 13, 2010
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 13 2010)
Here are a few of the news stories that have caught our eye in the YUI community over the past few weeks. As always, let me know @yuilibrary or in the comments below if I missed something. Detailed YUI 2.8.0 Rich Text Editor Article from Satyam and Packt: Satyam (Daniel Barreiro), as part of his [...] (Read Full Article)
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Douglas Crockford’s “Loopage” at August 27 BayJax Meetup
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 9 2010)
Where: Yahoo! HQ in Sunnyvale When: August 27, 2010, 5:30 p.m. Registration: BayJax meetup page Join us for the next event in Douglas’s ongoing series of lectures on JavaScript. This talk, part of the Bayjax meetup series, is entitled “Loopage.” Here’s how Douglas describes the new talk: Software development is hampered by a specific set of design [...]
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Ask Satyam: Using YQL and YUI with YQLDataSource
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 9 2010)
Satyam (a.k.a Daniel Barreiro) is a long-time YUI contributor and one of the most prolific, generous experts in the YUI forums. He is also the author of a new book on YUI 2.8.0, YUI 2.8.0: Learning the Library. This article in the “Ask Satyam” series was suggested by Mike Hatfield. Satyam will be [...]
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Announcing YUIConf: November 8-10, 2010
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 6 2010)
We’re excited to announce that planning for YUIConf 2010 is underway! This year’s event will be held November 8-10 at Yahoo! HQ in Sunnyvale, CA and promises to offer an outstanding lineup of sessions. Not only are we welcoming our external developer community to join us, we’ll be posting as many videos as possible for [...] (Read Full Article)
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Ask Satyam — Upcoming Tutorials
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 4 2010)
We invited you to ask questions in a recent post, suggesting articles for upcoming tutorials that you’d like to see on YUIBlog — and Packt kindly offered to send an electronic copy of my new YUI 2 book, YUI 2.8: Learning the Library. I’ve selected three questions to start working on, and you’ll see these [...] (Read Full Article)
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YUI: Open Hours Wed Aug 4th
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 2 2010)
For those of you that don’t subscribe to the YUI calendar or YUILibrary.com forum, the next installment of YUI: Open Hours will be this Wednesday the 4th. This time our topic will be testing testing testing. And who better to have with us to discuss testing than Nicholas C. Zakas (@slicknet), author of the YUI [...] (Read Full Article)
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YUI 3 Goes to Burning Man with Illuminatrix
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Aug 2 2010)
Ben Delarre emailed to let us know about his YUI 3-based implementation of an LED animation builder for a Burning Man 2010 installation: I’ve managed to put this site, the animation editor, and a HTML5 Canvas based colour picker (which i’ll be contributing to the gallery just as soon as I can…), in just a few [...]
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Ask Satyam — and Be Eligible for a Free Copy of the New YUI 2.8 Book from Packt
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jul 29 2010)
Satyam (Daniel Barreiro) wrote last week about his experience writing YUI 2.8: Learning the Library, the new YUI 2 volume now available from Packt. Packt has generously offered a few free electronic copies to YUIBlog readers. Suggest a question or tutorial you’d like to see from Satyam on a YUI 2.8-related topic as a comment [...]
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YUI 3.2.0 Preview Release 1: Touch Event Support, Gestures, Transitions, CSS Grids, ScrollView, Uploader, and More
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jul 26 2010)
The YUI contributor’s team is pleased to announce the first developer preview of the upcoming YUI 3.2.0 release. This preview provides an opportunity for developers and implementers to help test the release for potential regressions and to provide feedback on new features and components. If you have an existing YUI implementation, please exercise [...]
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YUI Theater Comes to Boxee, Courtesy of Chad Auld and the Brilaps Team
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jul 22 2010)
YUI contributor and former Yahoo Chad Auld emailed us to tell us about his latest project with his Brilaps group — a project that has brought YUI Theater to the TV screen via Boxee. In Chad’s words: Boxee is an up-and-coming cross platform application that aims to help bring web content to the TV. [...] (Read Full Article)
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Frontend Engineering Positions Available with the Yahoo! Flex Force Team
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jul 21 2010)
The Yahoo! Flex Force is currently looking to expand our team with a few talented frontend Engineers. As part of the Flex Force team, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple strategic projects of high profile and high visibility. These positions involve being an ambassador of best practices and sharing knowledge across the [...] (Read Full Article)
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YUI: Open Hours Wed, July 21st
Explore Article Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jul 20 2010)
For those of you that don’t subscribe to the YUI calendar or YUILibrary.com forum, the next installment of YUI: Open Hours will be tomorrow, July 21st. This time we’re going to focus on a recurring theme for YUI community contributors that are just getting started building their own modules: How to build a Widget and how [...] (Read Full Article)






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