Javascript

Call it Javascript, call it ECMAScript, call it whatever you like. It's only one of the most pervasive programming languages around and it's usefulness isn't limited to just making webpages a little prettier any more.

Articles on Javascript

Unobtrusive javascript with lowpro

Dan Webb's lowpro library has been around for quite a while now, but if the sites I frequent are anything to go by it's adoption is far from widespread. Why? Frankly, I don't know. It's a brilliant library and if you're already using things like prototype and scriptaculous but you're not all over lowpro then there is a good chance you need to be seriously smacked around a bit. Rails comes with a heap of built-in helpers for doing useful things like autocomplete boxes and inline editing. But at the end of the…

PrototypeJS adds better OO support

The folks over at prototype have had their latest 1.6 release in beta for a while, and I was using it quite extensively with much joy at my last client. One of the major enhancements to the entire system has been the reworking of the Element and Object classes, and the underlying Class object. Previously there was all kinds of nastiness when trying to define a custom class. Here's an example taken from the docs: But now with the improved Class constructor much of that heavy lifting can be put straight into the Class.create(). Then Pirate can…