Tag Archives: javascript

Generating Javascript with Scala and Lift

One of the ideas that has become popular in recent years is the concept of writing complex browser GUIs entirely in your server side language, and generating the required javascript. In Java both the Google Web Toolkit and ZK allow … Continue reading

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Using jQuery in bookmarklets

Writing a javascript bookmarklet is a great way to add functionality to a web page that you don’t control. But if you use jQuery, wouldn’t it be neat to be able to use that in your bookmarklet? You can do … Continue reading

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Writing a bookmarklet

A bookmarklet is a piece of javascript that you store as a bookmark. It’s a neat way of adding functionality to a web page that you don’t control. As part of my job, my team develops code in branches and … Continue reading

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Coffeescript – improved javascript

An interesting attempt to create a more powerful syntax for javascript: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/  

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Hiding table columns with jQuery

A nice example of hiding a table column using jQuery is here: http://www.devcurry.com/2009/07/hide-table-column-with-single-line-of.html That example shows how to hide a single column. How might you do it if you have a row of tickboxes, one for each column? Here is … Continue reading

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jQuery – SelectorGadget and interactive tester

One of the fundamental features of the jQuery javascript library is its powerful selectors, that allow you to find elements in the DOM tree using CSS syntax. However, it can be annoying if you are writing some code and your … Continue reading

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