JavaScript

Visual Studio 2008 simplifies JavaScript debugging

One of the more cumbersome development tasks is debugging client-side JavaScript code. Tools such as Firebug are helpful, but in the case of Firebug, you're forced to use Firefox. Thankfully, Visual Studio 2008 provides a robust and developer-friendly environment for debugging JavaScript. Read more »

Why I Love ECMAScript 4: Real Decimals

We explore ECMAScript 4's ability to use real decimal floating points, in addition to the binary floating points traditionally used by most programming languages. Languages based on ECMAScript 3, such as ActionScript 2.x and JavaScript 1.x don't have this ability. Read more »

Develop slick Web interfaces with Ext JS

Ext JS provides the foundation for building Web applications with powerful user interfaces. Read more »

What is cross-site scripting?

Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS," is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. This article explains what it is and where the dangers lie. Read more »

Learn how to use the YUI Library Calendar control

We look at the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library's Calendar control. Read more »

Write JavaScript documentation with the ScriptDoc standard

Java and C# provide a uniform approach to documenting your code, but JavaScript is documented according to the developer’s preference (that is, if it’s documented at all). There is a movement within the Web community to develop a standard for documenting JavaScript code. One such proposed standard is ScriptDoc. Read more »

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Spry: Standards, Dreamweaver & the future

We caught up with Scott Fegette, technical product manager for Dreamweaver to discuss the ins and outs of the upcoming Spry release. Read more »

Develop JavaScript with the JSEclipse plug-in

JavaScript developers have been clamoring for development tools for years. Tools like Firebug and Venkman answer the call, but there are more options available. Read more »

Avoiding AJAX DOM manipulation pitfalls

Javascript is simultaneously the most ever-present and most useful tool for a Web application developer. The real-time, interpreted nature of using Javascript in the browser means that you have to be extremely careful when dealing with the Document Object Model (DOM). Read more »

Multidimensional arrays in Javascript

Javascript has no inbuilt support for multidimensional arrays, however the language is flexible enough that you can emulate this behaviour easily by populating your arrays with separate arrays, creating a multi-level structure. Read more »

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    This week, Facebook took a number of strategic steps toward its goal of giving people the "power to share and make the world more open and connected." That's how founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the mission statement for Facebook. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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    Cheap hosted storage, app engines, and hosted code libraries. Can you really trust your data, or your client's data in the magical Web 2.0 cloud? Read more »

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  • Staff The future remains yesterday

    Remember when MySQL was blazingly fast and cared little for SQL standards? When MySQL regarded a view as something nice from your window and a trigger was treated as a weaponry component? Those days are set to return with a MySQL fork called Drizzle. Read more »

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