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• Sprockets: JavaScript Dependency Management and Concatenation

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Thu 26 Feb 2009 at 10:22

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  Blog Entry

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  1 comment

  

  Sam Stephenson of 37signals has released Sprockets, a Ruby library that helps to organise multiple JavaScript files neatly into one single, deployable file. Sprockets takes multiple JavaScript files from across directories and generates one single file that contains all of them. The obvious advantage is that you, as a developer, have the ability to organise your JavaScript into multiple files without the extra HTTP requests. It is certainly a very speedy way to serve JavaScript to your users. Even though I have never developed any website…

• MiniAjax.com: Showroom of AJAX Scripts

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Tue 12 Aug 2008 at 16:03

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  Blog Entry

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  1 comment

  Awhile ago, I came upon the website MiniAjax.com, a website with a nice collection of downloadable DHTML and AJAX scripts. The website is just a pretty collection of links to other tutorials and scripts, but all the scripts they have found work really well. You can find downloadable scripts for all the cool things that people use JavaScript for nowadays, such as: Star rating bar Dragable boxes Modal windows Pie charts Field validation Thumbnail viewer Take a look at MiniAjax.com as some of the scripts are pretty useful. It…

• Too Easy JavaScript - Event Handlers [7]

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  Ethan Poole

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  Sat 26 Nov 2005 at 8:57

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  Article

  Learn how to make your code react and respond to user triggered events in Too Easy JavaScript Part 7. DOM event handlers allow you to portably listen and respond to events, such as mouse clicks and focusing on an element.

• Too Easy JavaScript - Basic DOM [6]

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  Ethan Poole

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  Mon 26 Sep 2005 at 17:35

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  Article

  Advance your JavaScript knowledge by learning about the Document Object Model and manipulating a webpage's DOM. Learn how to create elements, to change attributes, and to work with text nodes.

• How Not To Use JavaScript

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Tue 9 Aug 2005 at 11:52

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  Blog Entry

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  9 comments

  The other day I was browsing around Hewlett Packard's website for a printer driver that would work with my Mac. I never did find the driver, but I don't blame them as the printer is ancient. While browsing I switched tabs for a moment to test the usability of a system I was working on that used "unobtrusive" JavaScript. I turned off Javascript in my browser. After messing around a bit with some coding to compensate for lack of JavaScript support, I switched back to my HP tab. I instantly saw that the layout was destroyed. All of the col…

• Too Easy JavaScript - Functions [5]

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Thu 28 Jul 2005 at 7:18

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  Article

  Voyage farther out in the depths with functions. Re-use your code and take procedural code to a level of organization and neatness. Learn more about functions and their uses in Too Easy JavaScript, Part 5.

• Too Easy JavaScript - Arrays and Switch [4]

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sat 16 Jul 2005 at 7:56

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  Article

  Expand your JavaScript horizon with arrays and switch statements. Organize your code using arrays and replace nested conditional statements with switch statements. Continue your journey in Too Easy JavaScript, Part 4.

• Checking the Browser

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Fri 15 Jul 2005 at 21:22

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  Blog Entry

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  3 comments

  JavaScript can be useful in some hard spots, and a browser detecting script can be very convenient. Detecting the browser of the visitor can easily assist in cross browser web design. JavaScript allows you to access the user's browser via the navigator object: <script type="text/javascript"> var browser = navigator.appName; alert(browser); </script> You can also use another property of the navigator object known as userAgent to access a description of the browser version of the appName property. Here we can combine t…

• Feature Pack: Regular Expressions

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  Lowter Staff

  Date

  Mon 4 Jul 2005 at 5:39

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  Article

  Find the resources that you need dealing with regular expressions. Discover over fifty links to articles, books, and pocket references to get you started with regular expressions in the programming language of your choice.

• Too Easy JavaScript - Control Structures [3]

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  Ethan Poole

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  Fri 20 May 2005 at 16:05

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  Article

  Take control of your program using JavaScript's control structures! Using loops and conditional statements you can grab the reigns, and manipulate your program's flow.

• Too Easy JavaScript - Working with Data [2]

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sun 8 May 2005 at 14:27

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  Article

  Extend your JavaScript knowledge by learning how to store and manipulate data. Learn the assignment and arithmetic operators, and more, in this easy to follow tutorial.

• Too Easy JavaScript - Introduction [1]

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Thu 5 May 2005 at 20:42

  Type

  Article

  Begin your web design journey into the world of JavaScript! Learn the basic syntax of JavaScript and other fundamental concepts.

• DOM Layout Effects

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sat 19 Mar 2005 at 7:09

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  Blog Entry

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  CSS3 is said to offer a variety of new functionality in making spectacular designs, but until then people all around are developing ways to bridge the gaps. I first ran across this layout effect in Alex's design blog, I figured that I would share this interesting use of DOM. Alessandro Fulciniti has developed a way of making rounded corners without the use of images, but rather a DOM effect. He uses cascading block elements to create the smooth corners. When the script doesn't run, you just don't have the borders (quite simple!). Aless…