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jQuery HTML5 dataAttr Pseudo Selector

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:43:51 GMT

A while back someone on twitter was asking me how they might find a set of DOM elements by using doing a partial search on their HTML5 data attribute...

Dynamically creating input fields on tab via CoffeeScript and JQuery

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:43:24 GMT

Code snippet to dynamically create input fields on tab via CoffeeScript and JQuery...

Asynchronous and synchronous flexibility with jQuery.when()

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:42 GMT

Derick Bailey shows us how you can use jQuery to support both synchronous and asynchronous code, with the `$.when` function, and your code doesn't have to care whether or not it's async.

Using jQuery to Send Email with Web Services

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:25:52 GMT

Learn to validate forms and use AJAX POSTS to send out an email - all from jQuery

Build Facebook style infinite scroll with knockout.js and Last.fm API

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:07:48 GMT

Learn knockout.js by building a dynamic music history web app on top of Last.FM API, featuring FB/twitter style infinite scroll.

Find the jQuery Bug 6 - Traversing Trouble

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:09:26 GMT

In this open-ended series I'll be showcasing a snippet of buggy jQuery code that you might encounter, explain what the problem is, and then identify how you can easily resolve the issue.

Find the jQuery Bug 8 Suspicious Selectors

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:58:13 GMT

In this open-ended series I'll be showcasing a snippet of buggy jQuery code that you might encounter, explain what the problem is, and then identify how you can easily resolve the issue.

Find the jQuery Bug 7: Using a Method as an Event Handler

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:32:58 GMT

In this open-ended series I'll be showcasing a snippet of buggy jQuery code that you might encounter, explain what the problem is, and then identify how you can easily resolve the issue.

Maximize Your Chances of Caching Your jQuery

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:43:40 GMT

A couple lessons learned. 1. Use one of the popular CDN-hosted copies of jQuery. 2. Link to an exact version number.

Find the jQuery Bug 5: Defective Data

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:54:10 GMT

In this open-ended series I'll be showcasing a snippet of buggy jQuery code that you might encounter, explain what the problem is, and then identify how you can easily resolve the issue.

Introducing Wijmo, a feature-packed jQueryUI based widget library

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:23:50 GMT

A introduction to Wijmo, a jQuery UI based component library, and the rational behind the decision of adopting it vs other component libraries

Enhancing the non-JavaScript user experience with jQuery UI and Fluqi

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:27:31 GMT

Article outlining how to use the Fluqi (http://fluqi.apphb.com) library to give non-javascript users an improved online experience.

Using jQuery to tidy up missing Images Part 3 - Final Post

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:49:36 GMT

This is the last post in the series of using jQuery to tidy up missing Images. Previously we've seen how to replace the missing images with an image of our choice and then we allowed users to report missing images. For this final post I'm showing the user a summary box that shows all images that are missing.

Using jQuery to tidy up missing Images Part 2

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:33:05 GMT

Next post in this 3 part series. Allowing users to report missing images with jQuery.

Using jQuery to tidy up missing Images

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:14:44 GMT

Clean up missing images with a couple of lines of jQuery goodness.

Dynamic Favicons using HTML5 Local Storage and TinyCon

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:44:26 GMT

I was perusing Github the other day and I came across this awesome little JavaScript library. It's called TinyCon and it's a small library for manipulating the favicon in your browser. It adds alert bubbles and changing images pretty similar to the way Gmail does. It's basically a really fun little library that allows you to add a notification bubble to your favicons. I started to play around with the code provided on Github and got up and running in no time.

Regular Expressions in CoffeeScript are Awesome!

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:02:47 GMT

Let's face it, regular expressions aren't for everyone. It takes a special breed of developer to actually enjoy writing regular expressions. Although I enjoy them, the developer that comes after me may find that they are cryptic and hard to read ... One of the very cool things I like about CoffeeScript is that you can annotate your regular expressions!

Differences Between jQuery .bind() vs .live() vs .delegate() vs .on()

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:17:11 GMT

I've seen quite a bit of confusion from developers about what the real different is between the .bind(), .live(), .delegate(), and .on() methods are jQuery and when they should be used.

Jquery tabs postback problem and solution

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:01:45 GMT

I am using jquery library in my project and I use jquery-ui tabs. When a postback occurs in any tab, tabs reloaded and goes to first tab. Solution is...

How to Access jQuery's Internal Data

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:31:04 GMT

One used to be able to access the internal events data and investiate what events are registered on any given element, but recently this internal information has been hidden... Thankfully, if you still need access to the internal data it is still accessible.

Find the jQuery Bug 3: Give Me Truth

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:18:25 GMT

In this open-ended series I'll be showcasing a snippet of buggy jQuery code that you might encounter, explain what the problem is, and then identify how you can easily resolve the issue.

Daily and Weekly Front-End Resources

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:37:24 GMT

If you are anything like me, you love and thrive on what is new in the front-end world. What is the latest in HTML5 buzz, what is the newest library that will solve all my needs, what is that new jQuery plugin that will make my client drool, and things of the like.

jQuery Custom Events

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:09:53 GMT

Using .trigger() and .triggerHandler() to create custom events in jQuery

liteGrid is jQuery grid for Asp.Net Mvc

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:49:31 GMT

liteGrid is a lightweight, event-driven jQuery Grid/Table plug-in. Its loosely-coupled, extensible design makes it very easy to customize without requiring you to make cumbersome changes to complex code. The core of liteGrid provides very little functionality. It's power comes in the form of pluggable modules...

jQuery plugins site accidentally deleted - last backup one year old.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:26:46 GMT

For about a week, instead of hosting several hundred jQuery plugins and several thousand advertisements for laptop batteries, our plugins repository has been serving up a pretty pathetic message about spam and an allusion to some "new submission process." This happened very suddenly, and we're sorry to everyone who's been inconvenienced.