If you're looking to test your HTML knowledge (and who isn't?), take a trip to the justsayhi website. How many elements can you name in five minutes?
As an aside, the JavaScript built into the test is simple but perfect -- an idea carried out well.
While synchronous code is easier to follow and debug, async is generally better for performance and flexibility. Why "hold up the show" when you can trigger numerous requests at once and then handle them when each is ready? Promises are becoming a big part of the JavaScript world...
As much as developers now loathe Flash, we're still playing a bit of catch up to natively duplicate the animation capabilities that Adobe's old technology provided us. Of course we have canvas, an awesome technology, one which I highlighted 9 mind-blowing demos. Another technology available...
I really dislike jQuery's element creation syntax. It's basically the same as typing out HTML but within a JavaScript string...ugly! Luckily Basil Goldman has created a jQuery plugin that allows you to create elements using MooTools-like syntax. Standard jQuery Element Creation Looks exactly like writing out...
The following tools is in its very beta stages and works intermittently. Its so damn useful that I had to show it off now though! I recently stumbled upon Downloadify, a client-side file generation tool based on JavaScript and Flash ActionScript code. A...
I make only 25 (the shame is over me :-D). I don’t know or remenber the existence of BDO, COLGROUP, ISINDEX, KBD, OPTGROUP, Q, SAMP, TT and VAR. The others i have a simple mind blank.