It seems like we are reaching a boiling point for ECMAScript 4. The politics and opinions are growing. Opinions are good. Brendan spoke out recently and we have had a raft of blogs and comments on the matter recently. Microsoft have been criticized by some for going dark on IE 8, and then came out […]
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To class or not to class, that has been a question than many developers have faced as they came from class based OO worlds into the Prototype Oriented world of JavaScript. Much pain has endured for those that try to contort it. Peter Michaux has detailed transitioning from Java Classes to JavaScript prototypes by looking at […]
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Dan Pupius is a stellar JavaScript developer at Google, and he has been knees deep in producing a new front end framework for Gmail which is now launching into the wild, and it is all about speed:We have also been fanatical about speed. Even on a fast Internet connection, it can take a second to […]
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The Pownce team released version 1 of the Pownce API yesterday. The API allows for various methods of retrieving Pownce-related data such as notes, users or fans and allows for return data to be formatted as XML or JSON. Since the API will be evolving quickly, the team has also taken the added step of […]
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Adam Houghton was viewing some comments on the Mac Web Gallery and inspiration came for him to implement the coverflow pattern in JavaScript. His weapon of choice was GWT, and thus GWT Flow was born.GWTFlow uses standard GWT widgets for positioning the images and callouts to Script.aculo.us for the effects. All of the photos are just […]
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Nick Stakenburg has rewritten his Prototip to use Prototype 1.6:You can now open, close and toggle tooltips using any mouse event. Keeping your tooltips open adds a new dimension to the library, allowing tooltips to be used in new ways. This release also introduces close buttons, delay and the option to add your own close […]
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Jim Weaver has posted a simple tutorial on writing your first JavaFX Script which discusses how you can use the JavaFX Pad to get it working. PLAIN TEXT JAVA: /* * HelloJFX.fx - A JavaFX Script "Hello World" style example * * Developed 2007 by James L. Weaver (jim.weaver at jmentor dot com) */package jfx_book; import javafx.ui.*;import javafx.ui.canvas.*; Frame { […]
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Xythos On Demand is a software as a service application that lets you share files. They have released a new version that uses YUI and various commercial components to create a desktop-like application. Eric Preston is the team lead, and I got a chance to visit him in the Xythos San Francisco office to chat about […]
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Joe Walker gave a standout talk on Web Application Security at The Ajax Experience. I love to watch people leaving this talk as they are usually gasping as they realise that we are not secure 
Joe has posted the slides from his talk, and has provided some great resources:
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Mozilla has announced a new application that has been placed in Labs called Prism. Prism takes WebRunner and let’s it integrate nicely into the target operating system. This means that you can take any web site that you currently visit a lot, and place it in its own process, and you can launch it like […]
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