Monthly Archive for February, 2008

Auto Detecting Nav Hilighter with jQuery

Published
by
Zahnster
on February 26, 2008
in JavaScript
. 0 Comments

More jQuery love is going down… it seems to be the theme of the month.

This last weekend I picked up the ‘jQuery in Action’ book and it really opened my eyes to just how cool jQuery is. I mean, I was pretty stoked about it already, but now I want to take it out to dinner and maybe make out with it a little in the back of my car.

So, reading the book, I learned just how powerful their wrapper element is. A lot of it’s css-based, so it’s easy for a front-end dev type like myself to catch up on, and then it mixes in simple regular expressions and has() checks and .. my mind is blown.

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On Javascript Frameworks

Published
by
Zahnster
on February 8, 2008
in JavaScript
. 1 Comment

Hello. I’m not dead, although I know the site’s been for some time. This is because life’s running at 1,000 miles an hour. I’m getting into my zone at Fox, every day seems to be a bit better, and I’m working on some pretty cool projects. I’ve been learning a whole new section of web development, and my exploration into JavaScript continues, but on a whole new level.

At Fox, now I have to think more than ever about file size, code efficiency, flexibility, and scalability. Ever since I’ve been “into” JavaScript I’ve been a fan of the Prototype framework. And why not? It’s solid, efficient, and the footprint… isn’t that bad. Coupled with Scriptaculous, it’s a powerful set of tools for any kind of JavaScript / Ajax functionality.

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