jQuery 1.1.3: Speed Improvements and Bug Fixes
After a long wait, jQuery 1.1.3 has been released! (Download it at the jQuery site) When I first adopted jQuery a year ago, the library boasted both faster speeds and smaller size than any other...
View ArticlePlugin: Sexy Comments v1.4 Released!
[[innerindex]] Introduction This has been a long time coming and I am happy to announce the release of Sexy Comments v1.4! With this version comes a lot of changes…so be sure to read the installation...
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Book Review: Learning jQuery
I’m a huge fan and avid user of jQuery and have been extremely impressed by the documentation provided on the jQuery website. The one thing that documentation lacks, however, is really contextual...
View ArticlejQuery Plugin: Live Query
My hear is exploding with happiness and joy at the existence of Brandon Aaron. He has built a sweet jQuery plugin (Live Query) that reduces complexity in Ajax and general DOM manipulation coding by a...
View ArticlejQuery 1.2 Released!
This is a major release for the JavaScript library that I have grown to love. Before I list the new features, it is important to note what functionality has been removed from jQuery. Here’s the...
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Plymouth State: JavaScript Workshop
Tonight I led a workshop on JavaScript for some PSU Employees. We discussed JS basics, node manipulation, DOM traversal, AJAX, JavaScript libraries, and myPlymouth implementations of those topics. Here...
View ArticleLuminis: Forcing CSS/JavaScript Updates to Clients
[[innerindex]] Introduction I gave a talk at SunGard Summit in Anaheim this spring on Plymouth State‘s portal (myPlymouth). There were a number of really great questions that came up following my...
View ArticleGuest Lecture: JavaScript, Ajax & DOM Manipulation
Zach has asked me to give a JavaScript guest lecture in his Web Programming class. We’ll cover: JS basics, node manipulation, DOM traversal, AJAX, JavaScript libraries, and myPlymouth implementations...
View ArticleWeb Programming Guest Lecture: JavaScript
I have once again given a JavaScript guest lecture to Zach‘s Web Programming class. This year I have taken the liberty of swiping some of Douglas Crockford’s “JavaScript: The Good Parts” presentation...
View ArticleBringing back the console API on Netflix and Facebook
Facebook and Netflix have implemented some code that breaks the console API in Chrome by changing the getter/setter for the console property on the window object. The purpose is noble – to help avoid a...
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