Here’s a question. Given 3 days and allotted 1 day per developer, which 3 developers would you spend it with? Here’s the caveat, the developers MUST BE in the web development community. Here are my choices in no specific order:… Continue Reading
My biggest focus at Microsoft is the Script Junkie website. We use it to publish really great cross-browser, solutions-based content to help developers improve their JavaScript, HTML, & CSS development efforts. The Script Junkie team is working on our content… Continue Reading
Over the years, I’ve read or been recommended a number of books which are essential reading for professional web developers. I’ve compiled the list of books below to help the community find a comprehensive list of good books that can… Continue Reading
NOTE: I’ve moved the list to it’s own dedicated page so that I can manage it a little easier so for the most up-to-date list, go to the following page. I’ve been meaning to do a roll-up of top JavaScript,… Continue Reading
I'm re-submitting this post since I had to blow away the original one when I had the HTTP compression issues. The original, posted on August 19, 2007, can be found via Google cache: With RIA's becoming so pervasive and developers… Continue Reading
One of the more common topics that occurs in the Ajax/DOM/JS space is page load times. This is especially important to the jQuery team and one of the reasons we go to great lengths to keep the library at about… Continue Reading
First it was Rob Gonda. Next, Joe Danziger saw the light. Then Dan Switzer joined the fray. Then I find Tony Petruzzi doing some VERY cool stuff. Now super rock star ColdFusion expert Ben Nadel has joined the growing list… Continue Reading
Dan G. Switzer of qForms fame has recently been cranking up code using the jQuery Ajax/JS library. He's released a refactored version of Dylan Verheul's jQuery Autcomplete plug-in which: Supports local data array (can now use w/out AJAX). Limit dropdown… Continue Reading
I'm a HUGE advocate for the jQuery Ajax/Javascript library. It's lean, fast and VERY feature rich. Its on par with ANY JS lib out there. One of the big thinks lacking, at least from a ColdFusion perspective, was the ability… Continue Reading
Get FireBug 1.0 (beta) If you've been doing any form of Ajax development, you know how invaluable an HTTP sniffer & DOM inspector is. And quite honestly, I've found none better than the FireBug extension in FireFox to handle these… Continue Reading