Category Archives: JavaScript

Windows Media Center Version Of BigPond V8 Supercars

Posted on September 11, 2005 by James McParlane

If you are wondering why I have been not posting much to the blog recently, or if you met me in person lately, why I have been so tired and not really in the mood to talk, its because I have … Continue reading →

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Javascript ActiveRecord

Posted on September 5, 2005 by James McParlane

Ruby’s ActiveRecord Implementation is a very cool part of the very cool Ruby on Rails (RoR) project. RoR is a great way to build a database driven web page. It has weaknesses if you’re trying to build something that’s truly … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Stacking Browser Event Handlers From JavaScript

Posted on September 2, 2005 by James McParlane

You learn something new every day, which is why I love being alive. Its an astounding coincidence that just when I needed to implement a cross browser method of stacking event handlers (for MetaWrap WireWrap), this blog post came out … Continue reading →

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State of Ajax: Progress, Challenges, and Implications for SOAs

Posted on August 22, 2005 by James McParlane

“Dare Obesanjo recently enumerated some key points that Ajax application architects have to contend with and a few of them are particularly worthy of note including how to deal with the need for permalinks, the Back button, and others. Please … Continue reading →

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Something Else For The MetaWrap Javascript Library

Posted on August 22, 2005 by James McParlane

http://www.ripcord.co.nz/behaviour/ I really really like this. It uses the CSS selector syntax to style elements with javascript code. You only need to keep one mapping paradigm in your head and its consistent for appearance and behavior. I was considering using … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Optimisation

Posted on August 10, 2005 by James McParlane

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp’p=31567&rl=1 http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/10/ http://home.earthlink.net/~kendrasg/info/js_opt/ http://www.miislita.com/searchito/javascript-optimization.html

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Some More Cool JavaScript Libraries

Posted on August 8, 2005 by James McParlane

JavaScript Vector Graphics Library http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm JavaScript Graphing Library http://www.walterzorn.com/grapher/grapher_e.htm

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Most Useful Site Ever

Posted on August 5, 2005 by James McParlane

This is by far the most useful site ever. In the last month I have visited it every day. Its a pleasure to read, is full of accurate information for JavaScript programmers. When I say “most useful site ever” I … Continue reading →

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Nifty New JavaScript Library

Posted on August 2, 2005 by James McParlane

Looks like a very nice wrapper of prototype, with great documentation and a really effective website. http://openrico.org/rico/demos.page  

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The Very Useful JavaScript call() And apply() Functions For Overriding 'this' For A Given Function.

Posted on July 25, 2005 by James McParlane

apply Syntax functionreference.apply(thisArg, argArray) Parameters thisArg (parameter for the calling object) argArray (an optional parameter of an argument array for the object) Description apply allows you to apply a method of another object in the context of a different object … Continue reading →

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