Weekend Links – Google Maps API, HeatMap API, googleDrive, MooTools Forms, jQuery Sparklines, Firebug

By David Walsh on July 19, 2008

Density Map Tutorial -- Prototype, Google Maps API, and the HeatMap API

HeatMap allows you to create heat maps on top of Google Analytics. A very impressive script that requires little code from the developer.

googleDrive is a script written by PhatFusion. Why drag the Google Map when you can just drive around it? Grand Theft Google!

Web forms can be bland and boring but they don't have to be! Here's a list of MooTools scripts that will make your forms pop!

Sparklines is a mini chart-building script built with jQuery. The charts aren't anything too special but they're simple and effective.

John Resig as joined the Firebug team at Firefox! Glorious!

By David WalshJuly 28, 2013
Create a CSS Cube
CSS cubes really showcase what CSS has become over the years, evolving from simple color and dimension directives to a language capable of creating deep, creative visuals. Add animation and you've got something really neat. Unfortunately each CSS cube tutorial I've read is a bit...
By David WalshApril 4, 2011
Convert XML to JSON with JavaScript
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I've been working on a super top secret mobile application using Appcelerator Titanium. The experience has been great: using JavaScript to create easy to write, easy to test, native mobile apps has been fun. My...

By David WalshOctober 29, 2009
Create a Sprited Navigation Menu Using CSS and MooTools
CSS sprites are all the rage these days. And why shouldn't be? They're easy to implement, have great upside, and usually take little effort to create. Dave Shea wrote an epic CSS sprites navigation post titled CSS Sprites2 - It's JavaScript Time.
By David WalshMay 4, 2010
Duplicate the jQuery Homepage Tooltips Using Dojo
The jQuery homepage has a pretty suave tooltip-like effect as seen below: Here's how to accomplish this same effect using Dojo. The XHTML The above HTML was taken directly from the jQuery homepage -- no changes. The CSS The above CSS has been slightly modified to match the CSS rules already...