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Keeping track of indexes while dragging in jQuery ui.sortable

While you’re handling a drag operation in the jQuery UI Sortable handler, there’s a few small issues that might almost drive you insane. These two...

0 replies - 3654 views - 06/13/11 by Mats Lindh in Articles

Object Auto Documentation - JavaScript

One particular thing that I like about backbone.js is how elegant and well organized is the documentation. Other project that caught my attention few days ago...

1 replies - 1893 views - 06/13/11 by Vladimir Carrer in Articles

Tip: use JavaScript as a calculator in Firefox and Chrome

The following tip allows you to quickly perform calculations via JavaScript in Firefox and Chrome. Basic idea: If you enter a javascript: URL in Firefox,...

0 replies - 2086 views - 06/10/11 by Axel Rauschmayer in Articles

link elements block DOM parsing too

Today we're pretty well versed with how JavaScript works. We know that script elements block rendering (well, actually blocks the parsing, which thus ...

0 replies - 1370 views - 06/09/11 by Remy Sharp in Articles

Implementing bookmarklets in JavaScript

Bookmarklets are little plugins for your browsers: JavaScript programs packed into javascript: URLs that you add to your bookmarks and start by clicking on...

0 replies - 2693 views - 06/09/11 by Axel Rauschmayer in Articles

Writing a Sencha Touch Application, Part 1

In this series we will create a Sencha Touch application that allows its users to take notes and store them on the device running the app. Along the way,...

0 replies - 5538 views - 06/07/11 by Jorge Ramon in Articles

A Fresh Look at JavaScript Mixins

In this article I’ll explore JavaScript mixins in detail, and introduce a less conventional, but to my mind more natural mixin technique that I hope...

0 replies - 1369 views - 06/01/11 by Angus Croll in Articles

JavaScript’s with Statement and Why it's Deprecated

This post explains how the with statement works in JavaScript and why its use is discouraged. Syntax and semantics Syntax: with (object) ...

0 replies - 1359 views - 06/01/11 by Axel Rauschmayer in Articles

Jquery tips – Tip 1 – How to display nice popup information messages

Would you like to display beautiful popup messages like this one ? Now, it’s easier than ever. Just use jquery and the jquery.blockUI.js plugin. You may...

0 replies - 2210 views - 05/31/11 by Nikos Printezis in Articles

Call ASP.NET server side method from jQuery UI Dialog

JQuery UI Dialog is great feature from the jQuery UI Framework. If you already work with it, you may have faced some issues when you want to make...

0 replies - 18445 views - 05/30/11 by Hajan Selmani in News

Prop function in jQuery 1.6

One of the new features included in jQuery 1.6 version is the new prop function. The prop means property which has ability to find any property on the given...

0 replies - 3313 views - 05/30/11 by Hajan Selmani in News

The void operator in JavaScript

Syntax: void expr evaluates expr and returns undefined. Its (rare) use is for contexts where an expression is demanded, but the result has to...

0 replies - 2482 views - 05/26/11 by Axel Rauschmayer in Articles

Real time notifications (part II). Now with node.js and socket.io

In one of my previous posts I wrote about Real time notifications with PHP. I wanted to create a simple comet system fully written in PHP and JavaScript. It...

0 replies - 2572 views - 05/24/11 by Gonzalo Ayuso in Articles

Web Gaming Technologies: Angry Birds' Cross-compiled Java Versus Native JavaScript

After it became clear that Angry Birds was basically a true webapp with only a little Flash to overcome the limitations of web-based audio [1], more...

0 replies - 20478 views - 05/23/11 by Axel Rauschmayer in Articles

Java Non-blocking Servers, and What I Expect node.js to do if it is to Become Mature

node.js is getting a lot of attention at the moment. It's goal is to provide an easy way to build scalable network programs, e.g. build web servers. It's...

17 replies - 12932 views - 05/23/11 by Ant Kutschera in Articles