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Create a Context Menu with Dojo and Dijit
Context menus, used in the right type of web application, can be invaluable. They provide shortcut methods to different functionality within the application and, with just a right click, they are readily available. Dojo's Dijit frameworks provides an easy way to create stylish, flexible context...
Create a Simple Dojo Accordion
Let's be honest: even though we all giggle about how cheap of a thrill JavaScript accordions have become on the web, they remain an effective, useful widget. Lots of content, small amount of space. Dojo's Dijit library provides an incredibly simply method by which you can...
Confessions of a Web Developer IX
It's been quite a while since I've gotten a few things off of my chest and since I'm always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: There are a lot of great new CSS demos being created every day. I'm just pissed...
Change Category Slug within WordPress
When I first started this blog, I set the category "slug" to "sugar." Why sugar? Because a lot of a good thing is candy; thus, a bunch of MooTools tutorials is as sweet as sugar. While I get a giggle out of calling my categories sugar...
Accomplishing Common Tasks Using MooTools, jQuery, and Dojo II
My love of the JavaScript frameworks knows no bounds. Unfortunately too many developers stick to one framework without taking the time to learn the others. The more frameworks you know, the better a programmer you will be and the more money you'll make. Let me show...
HTML5’s placeholder Attribute
HTML5 has introduced many features to the browser; some HTML-based, some in the form of JavaScript APIs, but all of them useful. One of my favorites if the introduction of the
placeholder
attribute to INPUT elements. Theplaceholder
attribute shows text in a field until the...The Beauty of dojo.require()
I've been working full time with Dojo for the past four months and one of my favorite parts of the toolkit is the dojo.require system. The dojo.require system allows you to asynchronously request Dojo modules within the current page without needing to adjust your core Dojo...
7 MooTools Plugins You Should Use on Every Website II
The advantage of using unobtrusive JavaScript is that you can vastly improve the user experience for website visitors using just a snippet of code. And since the MooTools JavaScript framework's community is known for creating unique, quality plugins, I've compiled a list of plugins you MUST...
Implement the Google AJAX Search API
Let's be honest...WordPress' search functionality isn't great. Let's be more honest...no search functionality is better than Google's. Luckily for us, Google provides an awesome method by which we can use their search for our own site: the Google AJAX Search API.
Dive Into Dojo Series: Dive Into Dojo Chart Theming
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about my latest Dive Into Dojo post: Dive Into Dojo Chart Theming The previous installment of the Dive Into Dojo series shows how easy it is to Dive Into Dojo Charting to get started with...