The Flexible Nav jQuery library provides navigation not unlike the sticky tab note things that you might use to annotate large piles of paper documents. Could be very useful when used in the right context. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Sunday, October 23, 2011 5:02 PM | Feedback (0) |

Countdown.js does what you might think – it counts stuff down in JavaScript (or more accurately, as per the title, it is a simple JavaScript API for producing an accurate, intuitive description of the timespan between two Date instances). Tags: JavaScript

posted @ Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:39 PM | Feedback (0) |

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posted @ Monday, October 10, 2011 9:38 PM | Feedback (0) |

csonv.js comes from the department of “possibly not useful very often, but when it is useful you’ll be glad you knew about it”. There’s still a lot of use of old data formats like CSV out there, and anything that makes it easier to transform them into something sane modern is a good thing. Scary thing is that I actually have an app I can think of right now which might have been made easier if this had been used. Tags: JavaScript

posted @ Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:19 AM | Feedback (0) |

If you’ve not read Douglas Crockford’s book, then you should at least read this post: Common JavaScript mistakes and pitfalls you can avoid. After having worked with JavaScript for quite some time, I remember my first time reading about some of JavaScript’s coercion and thinking “Wow, really? That could really mess people up… oh… wait”. Tags: JavaScript

posted @ Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:51 PM | Feedback (4) |

I can’t quite work out when I’d need to use spin.js, however it’s still kind of cool. Tags: JavaScript, Web Development

posted @ Friday, September 09, 2011 11:20 AM | Feedback (0) |

Responsive jQuery Slider Plugin Flexslider – the world is hardly lacking in options when it comes to jQuery image sliders, but this one looks like it’s worth a look if you’re trying to pick a slider for your next project. Plus, cupcakes! For those lacking attention, you can skip straight to the demo here. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:00 PM | Feedback (0) |

Review Of Cross-Browser Testing Tools (Web Development, Posted Sunday August 7 2011, 620 Tweets, 108 Facebook likes) Google+ Update Adds Emulated iPad Support, More (Apple Mac/iPhone/iPod, Posted Monday August 8 2011, 319 Tweets) Apple offers buyback program for old iPhone, iPad, Macs (Apple Mac/iPhone/iPod, Posted Wednesday August 10 2011, 199 Tweets, 0 Facebook likes) Welcome to the Cloud - "Your Apple ID has been disabled." (.NET, Posted Friday August 12 2011, 159 Tweets, 0 Facebook likes) Survey Finds Smartphone Apps Store Too Much Personal Data (Information Security, Posted Monday August 8 2011, 132 Tweets, 30 Facebook...

posted @ Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:42 PM | Feedback (0) |

VisualSearch.js enhances ordinary search boxes with the ability to autocomplete faceted search queries. Specify the facets for completion, along with the completable values for any facet. You can retrieve the search query as a structured object, so you don't have to parse the query string yourself. It looks pretty neat – although it’s the sort of UI widget which isn’t going to be suitable for every type of search (demo here). Tags: JavaScript, Web Development

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2011 12:38 PM | Feedback (0) |

DropKick is a jQuery plugin to help make Dropdown lists attractive. Looks nice although the custom theme in the demo doesn’t seem to play nice in IE9. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:35 PM | Feedback (0) |

Porting Node to Windows With Microsoft’s Help – node.js is making its way over to Windows. I’m pleased to announce that Microsoft is partnering with Joyent in formally contributing resources towards porting Node to Windows. As you may have heard in a talk we gave earlier this year, we have started the undertaking of a native port to Windows – targeting the high-performance IOCP API. Tags: JavaScript

posted @ Sunday, July 03, 2011 10:22 PM | Feedback (0) |

WOW Slider is a very slick looking jQuery based image slider effect which has nothing to do with World of Warcraft. Jump straight for the demos if you’ve forgotten or misplaced your Ritalin. Well worth a look if you’re looking to upgrade your image slider library of choice. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Sunday, July 03, 2011 8:50 PM | Feedback (0) |

jQuery Image Scroller Plugin is a neat effect that’s useful for navigating larger images. Jump straight to the demo to see it in action – it’s the sort of thing that’s going to work really well in specific situations, and not at all in others. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript, Web Development

posted @ Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:27 PM | Feedback (0) |

PrettyCheckboxes makes checkboxes and radio buttons pretty! Yes, really! Surprise! I’ve played around trying to do something similar with a previous script, and have to say that the prettyCheckboxes solution looks a lot cleaner (although it still feels like a bad idea, and something you should only do if you really have to imho). Tags: JavaScript, Web Development

posted @ Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:41 AM | Feedback (0) |

Microjs.com contains a load of “micro” JavaScript frameworks. Useful if you’re trying to do something simple and need a lightweight solution rather than a full framework. It’s quite surprising how many of these there are. Tags: JavaScript

posted @ Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:33 PM | Feedback (0) |

Understanding delete is a guide containing everything you could ever need to know about the ‘delete’ operator in JavaScript. It’s a long read, but odds are if you’re needing to use delete in your JavaScript then it’s probably important that you use it correctly. Tags: JavaScript

posted @ Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:23 PM | Feedback (0) |

Domsearch is a jQuery plugin that allows you to search within an element (such as a table or a list), narrowing down the inner elements using LiquidMetal. Apparently LiquidMetal “is way better than whatever else you could come up with”. Betterflow.js is a JavaScript coverflow implementation – yes, there have been a few. Betterflow looks pretty neat. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:29 PM | Feedback (0) |

Essential JavaScript And jQuery Design Patterns – A Free New Book Tags: Javascript, jQuery

posted @ Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:40 AM | Feedback (0) |

Sospring jQuery Desktop – it’s an impressive display of what you can do with jQuery in a browser, however I’m struggling to think of a use for it. The impatient among you can skip straight to the demo. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:23 PM | Feedback (0) |

From the ‘cool jQuery plugins which I have no use for but like the look of anyway’ comes this one, a before/after slider. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:55 PM | Feedback (0) |

IE6 Update is a simple if somewhat devious piece of jQuery code, which provides IE6 users with a Windows styled message which attempts to get them to update IE6 to something usable. Possibly a valiant effort, possibly unethical. Tags: jQuery, JavaScript

posted @ Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:22 PM | Feedback (2) |

FancyUpload is a widget based on Swf and Ajax (custom, with mootools dependancies). It looks pretty slick. I've got a project in the works which might benefit from it greatly, so I'll find out soon how easy it is to integrate into an ASP.NET application (samples on the website are all for php, but it has no serverside dependancies). Tags: Ajax, JavaScript

posted @ Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:38 PM | Feedback (0) |

An important thing to remember when coding in JavaScript is the difference between: theElement.selectedIndex = selectedindex; vs theElement.selectedindex = selectedindex; Technorati tags: JavaScript

posted @ Friday, October 06, 2006 11:23 AM | Feedback (0) |

It was useful for me, so it might be useful for you! What's the most reliable way to check a javascript null? Tags: ASP.NET, Javascript

posted @ Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:20 PM | Feedback (0) |