JavaScript Tutorials
“Favorite” Link — How To Create a Bookmark Link
I get a lot of requests from customers to add a link to their website that allows the user to "bookmark" their site. I generally try to get them to drop that idea. The functionality of an "add to favorites" link isn't cross-browser compatible...
6 AJAX Rules To Live By
AJAX, or Asyncronous JavaScript And XML, has been around for a few years now. Web Developers have done some really great things with AJAX, but I've also come across some horrible uses of AJAX. I've coupled together my experience as a Web Programmer and...
8 Considerations For Choosing Your JavaScript Framework
Picking your JavaScript framework is a difficult decision. There are many considerations that need to be made when choosing which JavaScript framework is best for you. These are the considerations I judge each JavaScript framework by before committing to it for a project (or...
Quick & Easy JavaScript Mouseover Images Without Using MooTools
Not everyone uses the MooTools framework or any framework for that matter so my article, MooTools Image MouseOvers - Cleaner JavaScript Code, Less Hassle, wouldn't apply to everyone. I do know, however, that most everyone has a need for a quick and simple JavaScript...
6 Reasons To Use JavaScript Libraries & Frameworks
I've seen many articles around the internet from JavaScript fundamentalists that advocate writing your own JavaScript code instead of using JavaScript frameworks like MooTools, Prototype / Scriptaculous, jQuery, MochiKit,
Adios Means Goodbye – Browser 301 Redirects In All Languages
Browser redirects, especially 301 "permanent" redirects, are essential to all good web applications. Regardless of language, browser redirects can: provide safe URL forwarding to gather GET and POST variables and process them without risking data and processing integrity by a browser refresh send users and search engine...
Removing Internet Explorer’s Active Content Warning on Flash Objects
A couple of years ago Internet Explorer cause millions of programmers and users alike a giant pain by making users click on a flash object, ActiveX object, and java applet before the object became active and usable. Businesses, of course, cried out for their programmers...
Preventing The IE6 CSS Background Flicker
One of the nagging issues that Internet Explorer creates is a flicker on anchor tag background images. Did you know, however, that there is a quick and easy way to prevent that problem using a little bit of JavaScript? Simply place the following JavaScript...