Javascript

Video: V8: Building a High Performance JavaScript Engine

Presented by: Mads Ager, Lars Bak & Anders SandholmV8 is Google's high-performance JavaScript engine used in Google Chrome. V8 is optimized for...

0 replies - 1613 views - 07/17/09 by alashcraft in Videos

Does jQuery Make Us Lazy?

Yesterday I read a post that proposed that using jQuery as the answer to every JavaScript problem makes us lazy programmers.This is not what I was expecting to...

1 replies - 1032 views - 06/25/09 by DaveMBush in News

jQuery ProgressBar

Once you venture into the land of AJAX you’ll soon discover the need to let your user know that some work is taking place in the background.  If you can,...

0 replies - 2461 views - 05/29/09 by DaveMBush in News

JavaScript for C# Developers: Functions are Objects

Another stop on the long road to JavaScript understanding from a C# developers perspective. This time we really look at what it means to say that functions...

1 replies - 1773 views - 05/14/09 by jmbucknall in News

Introduction, test cases and web browser compatibility tables for JavaScript 1.6, JavaScript 1.7 & JavaScript 1.8

Lately I’ve been investigating newer versions of JavaScript, and what web browser support they have. And, as usual when I create something I find useful, I...

0 replies - 2378 views - 04/30/09 by robnyman in News

JavaScript for C# Developers: Date Basics

A scenic diversion on the road to understanding JavaScript when you're a C# programmer. In this episode, we'll look at dates in JavaScript. Dates are...

2 replies - 1986 views - 04/28/09 by jmbucknall in News

jQuery Tabs

While the TabControl provided by Microsoft in the AJAX toolkit is probably a bit easier to use, the Tabs in jQuery are not much harder to implement and give us...

1 replies - 3663 views - 04/09/09 by DaveMBush in News

jQuery - Auto Scrolling the Slider

Question from Yuhsin: I would like to make the jquery steps slider to do auto-increment when the window loads. Is there an easy way to trigger the slide to...

0 replies - 2465 views - 03/23/09 by DaveMBush in News

JavaScript for C# Programmers: the with Statement Considered Harmful

A quickie pitstop on the road to learning JavaScript when you know C#. In this episode, the with statement. See it, and then forget all about it. If you've...

0 replies - 1453 views - 03/09/09 by jmbucknall in News

How To Develop A Firefox Extension

Admit that you have always wanted to know how to develop a Firefox extension but never had the time to learn. Here I will walk you through and at the end of...

1 replies - 9951 views - 01/30/09 by robnyman in News

jQuery, JSON and ASP.NET

A few months ago, I demonstrated how to use ASP.NET’s JSON capabilities.  Lately, I’ve been demonstrating how to use jQuery.  Both use a considerable...

0 replies - 4208 views - 01/22/09 by DaveMBush in News

Learning Javascript - Reality Check

I've never been a big fan of frameworks. They are often clunky, contain a lot of excessive features and most importantly, they make things a little too easy,...

0 replies - 1315 views - 01/19/09 by Niels Matthijs in News

Playing Accordion With CSS and jQuery

One of the problems web designers face on a daily basis is the limits that are placed on one with regards to the size of your 'canvas'. Bigger screens with...

0 replies - 6658 views - 01/19/09 by Schalk Neethling in News

Guard And Default Operators In Javascript

Programming languages with C-style syntax all have logical operators for AND, OR, and NOT.  They are &&, ||, and !, respectively.  In Javascript, the...

0 replies - 775 views - 01/13/09 by mcarthurgfx in News

A Year In Retrospect - Web Builder Zone's Top 10 For 2008

2008 Has been a real mixed bag. From great browser releases from Opera and Mozilla to the latest world economic turmoil. We all definitely have some things to...

0 replies - 2262 views - 12/23/08 by Schalk Neethling in News