Of Jumping Cows and Energy Domes.

Of Jumping Cows and Energy Domes.

Oct 19

Both Jquery and Mootools are great libraries, however one must win. Is it the Cow or the Dome, find out as I compare both these libraries feature by feature. But why now?, Mootools has just released their 1.2 version which boasts of a HashMap for clientside objects. Jquery has seen a 1.2.1 version ( sounds familiar?, look above) for a month now. Why dont you subscribe to the feed to be the...

The case of lost children – CSS 3 and Why you should care about it.

The case of lost children – CSS 3 and Why you should care about it.

Oct 08

A while back I had this post about support for CSS3 in IE7. With a growing share of 23% and a mission to make this version automatically available to all users of Windows XP, IE7 still seems to have got it wrong for the developer. The CSS3 frustration continues, for e.g: the “last-child” selector, could have been a boon to site designers. The trailing “class=last”...

Jquery is faster in the Mootools SlickSpeed Test.

Jquery is faster in the Mootools SlickSpeed Test.

Oct 01

Mootools has a great speed test for DOM selectors in JS libraries called the “SlickSpeed” test. The results compare “Mootools “, “Prototype ” and “Jquery“. In the instance that I ran ( I only clicked “Start Tests”!) , Jquery came in first. Jquery is on the third column in the attached thumbnail. Its also interesting to note that...

Understanding why Communities are Important.

Understanding why Communities are Important.

Sep 30

When you work as part of a large company, there is an overabundance of similar experienced people. While this might appear as competive to many, to some its an opportunity to form a community… Click to continue reading “Understanding why Communities are...

5 tricks on Jquery.

5 tricks on Jquery.

Sep 25

Jquery is as usual the best you can get with plugins as well as the sheer joy of writing short and sweet. In this post I talk about 5 re-used Jquery snippets across projects. Some of this may not be news to you, but for some it might just make you a “jfan” Click to continue reading “5 tricks on...

More Jquery : Reflections

More Jquery : Reflections

May 31

It amazes me how people can “extend shortcuts”.  First there was Jquery, the shorter and meaner way to write Javascript and now there are extensions/ plugins. Smaller chunks of code that build upon Jquery to achieve cross browser effects. If you are still reflecting , I suggest you look for Reflections, the Jquery plugin that puts images in a new perspective. Click to continue...

Jquery and Interface

Jquery and Interface

May 29

The Jquery authors as well as other plugin writers virtually took out the need for other libraries, with a all in one package and a great support site. Having worked with Dojo, Mochikit, Prototype, Sarissa, Jquery feels much different. [tags]jquery, development [/tags] Click to continue reading “Jquery and...

No winners – “Can you guess what the code below is doing?”

No winners – “Can you guess what the code below is doing?”

Dec 22

Well thanks for the single response, time for me to popularize this site I guess  The code below is a left hand tree navigation built in ”Prototype“  without the tree elements . Its unique because… It highlights self, the parent it belongs to Collapses everybody if the great grandparent is clicked but expands only to the first child if itself is clicked. Put it on a...

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