Category: JavaScript

New features in JavaScript 1.7

Firefox 2.0 includes JavaScript 1.7 - here's a breakdown of the new features. Looking at this list of features, which includes destructuring assignments, generators, and list comprehensions, it seems to me that the Mozilla guys...

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XUL Templates are a Waste of Time (i.e., “suck”)

A long rant on the suckitude of XUL Templates, with a lot of the points ringing true for me: XUL Templates are a Waste of Time (i.e., "suck") Another thing that sucks about "XUL Templates" is the name - it's so generic that it's...

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JSLint: JavaScript Verifier

I was writing some code today that output data structures in JSON and I wanted to validate my output. This fit the bill nicely. Nothing to install. Just copy and paste and click a button. JSLint: The JavaScript Verifier...

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JSON: A light-weight alternative to XML

I attended an interesting tech talk today - Douglas Crockford talking about JSON. It's pretty evident that JSON, because it uses JavaScript syntax, is certainly natural for JavaScript and especially AJAX (which is essentially...

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script.aculo.us – web 2.0 javascript

Drag and drop and other neat effects using JavaScript: script.aculo.us - web 2.0 javascript

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JSUIX: UNIX shell implemented in JavaScript

Wow, this is amazing! These guys implemented a fully-functional UNIX shell environment in JavaScript. You can even use vi! Thanks to the Lazy Hacker for finding this....

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10 minutes with Laszlo

I just checked out the 10 minute intro to Laszlo and it was pretty interesting. It's an XML user interface language, similar to XUL. You write JavaScript event handlers like XUL. You can make your own tags like with XBL, except...