Snip!t channels - Alan Dix

Code Drop: VisualSearch.js
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Jun 23rd, 2011
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... t, so you don’t have to manually re-parse it yourself.

While some are intimidated by the thought of creating th... truth is that jQuery is built with an infinitely friendl... architecture. If you've gotten comfortable with the basi... coding, then you're certainly ready to develop your own ... tutorial wi

Today we’re open-sourcing a JavaScript library for vis...
A guider is a dialog box that guides a user through your ...
This example guider is not attached to any element and h ...
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An example guider attached to the "Add Varia

What is the Gears API?
Gears is an open source project that enables more powerf ...
Features
Gears modules include:
... performing resource-intensive operations asynchronously

Gears is an open source project that enables more powerf...
Features
Gears modules include:
LocalServer LocalServer Cache and serve application res ...
... performing resource-intensive operations asynchronously

What is V8?
V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.
V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the o ...
V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd e ...
V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ a ...

The Closure Compiler compiles JavaScript into compact, h... code. The compiler removes dead code and rewrites and mi... left so that it downloads and runs quickly. It also also... variable references, and types, and warns about common J... pitfalls. T

Google Web Toolkit (GWT) makes it easier to write high-p... applications. You write your front end in the Java progr... and GWT compiles your source into highly optimized JavaS... Developer's Guide covers the information you need to kno... application

Caja allows websites to safely embed DHTML web applicati... parties, and enables rich interaction between the embedd... embedded applications. It uses an object-capability secu... allow for a wide range of flexible security policies, so... containing

The Zero Clipboard library provides an easy way to copy ... clipboard using an invisible Adobe Flash movie, and a Ja... interface. The "Zero" signifies that the library is invi... interface is left entirely up to you.
This library is fully compatible w

Reflection.js allows you to add reflections to images on... uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.
It works in all the major browsers - Internet Explorer 5 ...

What will you find here? Thousands of lines of cross-bro... all distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL. I hope ... playing with my toys - I certainly had fun making them. ... listen to me talk a little bit - although I'm not usuall... talker. The

This is a jQuery plugin, so you'll need to load the jQue... then the plugin file, then invoke the new function on th... have zooming.

Getting Geographic Locations
iPhone OS Note: Geographic location classes are availabl ...
Use the JavaScript classes described in this chapter to ...

Beginning in Safari 3.1 and iPhone OS 2.0, Safari suppor... JavaScript database class. The JavaScript database class... provides a very basic relational database intended for l... content that is too large to conveniently store in cooki...
Because it

This article guides you through the AJAX basics and give...
Contents [hide]
1 What's AJAX?
2 Step 1 – say "Please!" or How to Make an HTTP Request
... tep 4 – "The X-Files" or Working with the XML Response

The class of the object returned by window.getSelection(... methods.

The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of util... written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive w... using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. ... also includes several core CSS resources. All components... Library hav

A basic introduction to jQuery and the concepts that you... use it.

When working on a web application that involves a lot of... the first things you learn is to stop tying your data to... too easy to create JavaScript applications that end up a... jQuery selectors and callbacks, all trying frantically t...
With Backbo

Underscore is a utility-belt library for JavaScript that... the functional programming support that you would expect... (or Ruby), but without extending any of the built-in Jav... It's the tie to go along with jQuery's tux.
Underscore provides 60-odd f

One thing that I absolutely adore is the sheer embeddabi...
Since JavaScript, alone, is so dumb (we've become spoile ...
We can start by taking a look at some of the most popula ...
One thing is the same in all the interpreter implementat ...
... it gen

FileChucker is an AJAX-based web application that lets y... uploads on your own website. It's simple to install (ju... packed with features, fully configurable, nice looking, ...
FileChucker can also function as a full-fledged online f ...
To top it a

old escape(): encode in page's charset, then %hh
new escape(): %hh, %uhhhh for everything over unicode 256.
encodeURIComponent(): encode in UTF-8, then %hh

Why use a task runner?
In one word: automation. The less work you have to do wh ...

J4P5 is a JavaScript interpreter written in PHP 5, that ... untrusted scripts in a sandbox on your server. It aims t... of Ecma-262 3d edition.

J4P5 is a JavaScript interpreter written in PHP 5, that ... untrusted scripts in a sandbox on your server. It aims t... of Ecma-262 3d edition.

CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into Jav... all of those embarrassing braces and semicolons, JavaScr... a gorgeous object model at its heart. CoffeeScript is an... the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way.