Category Archives: jQuery

Thursdays links part 2

Posted by on June 1, 2011 No comments

What is Node.js?

Let’s start with V8. V8 is the JavaScript implementation used within Chrome. It utilises “Just In Time” compilation to achieve performance that was previously unattainable in JavaScript. In fact, these improvements lift V8 JavaScript into the same realms of performance as Clojure, Java or Go.

Should I use HTML5 or Silverlight?

I was in Belgium and The Netherlands this last week presenting and talking to folks in the community. After I presented on ASP.NET MVC 3, HTML5 and jQuery, one fellow came up after and said, “Should I use Silverlight or HTML5. I don’t understand what Microsoft’s strategy is or what to use in my app.”

jQuery Validation Plugin v1.2

Posted by on January 30, 2008 No comments

This handy tool is written by Jörn Zaefferer. He recently updated his version to 1.2 including lots of new features. Couple of days ago I played with it for a while and it was really good experience.
Here are couple of demos:
rb jqueryvalidate rtm jQuery Validation Plugin v1.2
rb jqueryvalidate marketo jQuery Validation Plugin v1.2

read more from the source

New jQuery 1.2.2 released!

Posted by on January 15, 2008 No comments

ejohn side jquery New jQuery 1.2.2 released!On the 2nd anniversary of jQuery’s release there is a brand new release. This is primarily a bug fix release for jQuery 1.2.

Primarily, this has been a bug fix and optimization release. They landed over 120 bug fixes and our test suite now has over 1157 tests in it!

300% Speed Improvements to $(DOMElement)

Here’s a quick peak at some of the speed jumps that you can expect in all the major browsers:
Browser 1.2.1 (ms) 1.2.2 (ms)
Firefox 2 0.041 0.015
Firefox 3 0.033 0.01
Safari 3 0.017 0.005
Opera 9 0.023 0.004
Internet Explorer 6 0.04 0.03

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JQuery TabContainer Theme with Tab Transition Animations

Posted by on November 18, 2007 No comments

Matt Berseth has this post about jQuery TabContainer. Its pretty usefull as he describes how to add animations to that control.
image%7B0%7D JQuery TabContainer Theme with Tab Transition Animations
Check it out here

Prototype and jQuery comparison

Posted by on October 28, 2007 No comments

This one I found on remy sharp’s b:log which is quite good comparison between the two popular Java Script libraries.In 25 slides it shows what jQuery does and Prototype doesnt:

250+ Tools and Resources For Coding the Web

Posted by on October 16, 2007 1 comment

We’re all living on the web, and we all seem to be starting our own websites, so it’s time we all learned the languages that make it run. The guys at Mashable.com have gathered over 250 resources to help you get going.

This list is aggregated from previous Mashable posts.

250+ Tools and Resources For Coding the Web

The list is quite extensive and features many ajax libraries, loading indicators etc so its best to be viewed at the original place.

jQuery UI: Interactions and Widgets

Posted by on September 18, 2007 No comments

Picture%204 jQuery UI: Interactions and WidgetsFollowing a very successful release of jQuery v1.2, the jQuery team has just announced the release of their new UI & effects library, jQuery UI.

jQuery UI signals the start of a whole new branch of the jQuery project which will focus on developing high-quality, reusable, components that you’ll be able to drop in your applications. Frequently, these components are coming directly to you from traditional jQuery plugins, but with strict coding, documentation, themeing, and demo standards. We hope you’ll enjoy this new level of quality as much as we do.

Mouse interactions:

resizeables jQuery UI: Interactions and Widgets

Interactive Widgets:

tablesorter jQuery UI: Interactions and Widgets

Effects:

shadow jQuery UI: Interactions and Widgets

jQuery 1.2: Massive NEW Release

Posted by on September 11, 2007 1 comment

jquery jQuery 1.2: Massive NEW ReleaseYesturday was anounced that the latest jQuery version is online. Its marked 1.2 and includes tons of new features. Also features were removed so make sure you read how to upgrade guide.

New Features

  • Selectors
    • :has(selector)
    • :header
    • :animated
    • XPath Selector Plugin
  • Attributes
    • .val() Overhaul
  • Traversing
    • .map()
    • .prevAll() / .nextAll()
    • .slice()
    • .hasClass()
    • .andSelf()
    • .contents()
  • Manipulation
    • .wrapInner() / .wrapAll()
    • .replaceWith() / .replaceAll()
    • Event Cloning
  • CSS
    • .offset()
    • .height() / .width() for document and window
  • Ajax
    • Partial .load()
    • Cross-Domain getScript
    • JSONP
    • .serialize() Overhaul
    • Disable Caching
  • Effects
    • .stop()
    • %/em Animations
    • Color Animations
    • Relative Animations
    • Queue Control
    • :animated
    • step: Function
  • Events
    • Namespaced Events
    • .triggerHandler()
  • Internals
    • Documentation Move
    • Expando Management