Tag: ajax

  • jQuery 1.1.3: Speed Improvements and Bug Fixes

    After a long wait, jQuery 1.1.3 has been released! (Download it at the jQuery site) When I first adopted jQuery a year ago, the library boasted both faster speeds and smaller size than any other JavaScript Ajax/DOM tool. With the release of jQuery’s version 1.1.2, a number of jQuery’s operations became very slow and inefficiencient,…

  • Ultimate Web 2.0 Collaborative Game: Eat Poop U Cat

    Via Ajaxian a few days ago, I was re-introduced to a great party game that I have played with pen and paper a couple times in my life. The game results in off the wall drawing and serious laughs and it has found it’s way to the web in a collaborative game of sweet humorous…

  • jQuery 1.1a Released

    The jQuery 1.1a has been released today by the jQuery team! Its important to note that this is an alpha version before you go out and install it in a production environment, but the jQuery team asks that people give it a round of testing prior to the release this weekend. The “Quick and Dirty”…

  • jQuery 1.0.4 Released

    John Resig over at jQuery has announced the release of jQuery 1.0.4 to the public! As usual, there are bug fixes…plus a bit more. His focus for this patch was adding improvements to jQuery’s Ajax functionality. Below is a list of all the updates: Tons of bug fixes (Full List) Extensions to $.ajax(): $.ajax accepts…

  • Visual JQuery

    After my excitement about jQuery since The Ajax Experience, one of my fellow developers at PSU has been checking the toolkit out. In her searches for documentation found Visual jQuery, a nice graphical/textual categorized API for the jQuery toolkit! Its a pretty snazzy learning tool if you aren’t already familiar with all the functions jQuery…

  • The Ajax Experience: jQuery Toolkit

    I went to The Ajax Experience with high expectations of catching some great tips regarding development in an Ajax environment. At the same time, I was sure of my previous decision with the use of Prototype and Script.aculo.us was as good as it gets (without diving into the widgetized world…e.g. Dojo). I attended John Resig‘s…

  • The Ajax Experience: Leveraging Ajax for Enterprise Application Development

    [[innerindex]] Despite the fact that AJAX is making significant inroads within the Web 2.0 community, many enterprise applications still remain either traditional web or desktop applications. However, by effectively using AJAX, enterprises can develop compelling, innovative, and useful web based applications that increase employee productivity while retaining the manageability enjoyed by traditional web applications. This…

  • The Ajax Experience: Plan of Attack

    The Ajax Experience is next Monday (although I arrive Sunday afternoon) through Wednesday and I’ve prepared my plan of attack: Monday 10:00am-11:30am: Leveraging Ajax for Enterprise Application Development – Conrad Damon 12:30pm-1:15pm: Keynote: Towards a Service-Oriented Applications Stack – Matt Quinn 1:30pm-3:00pm: Simplify Ajax development with Apache XAP – Bob Buffone 3:30pm-5:00pm: Ruining the User…

  • The Ajax Experience

    Well, it seems my application for one of the 5 scholarships to The Ajax Experience has gotten through! w00t! The Ajax Experience is: Ajaxian and NoFluffJustStuff Java Symposiums (NFJS) are pleased to announce The Ajax Experience 2006 Fall Edition – Boston. We had a great time at the spring event in San Francisco, so we…

  • Firebug 0.4 Released. Can Web Development Be Any Sexier?

    One of my must have extensions for firefox has a new version out! Firebug, if you don’t already know, is an Ajax/layout/javascript troubleshooter and is extremely well developed. In version 0.4, Firebug steps beyond the bounds of being a troubleshooter and can now be considered a full fledged debugger. Its new features include: JavaScript Debugger…

  • XMLHttpRequest Object W3C Working Draft

    I found this article over at Ajaxian. W3C has taken notice of the use of the XMLHttpRequest and has decided to standardize it! w00t! W3C says: The XMLHttpRequest object is implemented today, in some form, by many popular Web browsers. Unfortunately the implementations are not completely interoperable. The goal of this specification is to document…

  • Script.aculo.us v1.6 Released

    Great news over at Mir.aculo.us. It appears as if version 1.6 of my favorite DOM manipulation library, Script.aculo.us has been released! Thankfully the new version of Script.aculo.us uses Prototype v1.5. This is sexy because now I can revert to downloading both Prototype and Script.aculo.us right from the Script.aculo.us site. (Hooray for being lazy) Here’s an…

  • MasterWish – Practicing What I Preach

    MasterWish, my labor of love (created with my friends Zach Tirrell and Jon Emmons) is my playground for Ajax and Web 2.0 experiments. If you haven’t been acquainted with the site, its a wishlist site with a schlew of features. The high point is the ability to secure down lists and grant access to specific…

  • Writing Your Server-Side Ajax Handler

    [[innerindex]]In my recent post on ‘Ajax; Templating; and the Separation of Layout and Logic,’ I refer to an Ajax Handler that sits server side to handle Ajax calls. Some elaboration is in order. As I have stated in the past, I’m a huge fan of Prototype AND I choose PHP as my language of choice…so…

  • Thumbstack – A Web-Based Presentation Application

    A while back, my pal Zach posted about S5, “A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System.” Now, its important to note that S5 is trying to set up a standard and not develop a full blown application. S5 seems to be a solid foundation…all it really needs is a slick editor and I’m sold. Well, as…