Javascript Masters (and wannabes)

"If you're a web designer or developer it is very likely that you already use Firebug for Firefox every day. If you have not even installed it yet it is about time you check it out. Firebug is packed with useful features that make the life for web developers much easier. Being able to inspect an element on a page and instantly get access to the html and css used to render it is my personal favorite and the fact that it is possible to edit the code and see the result instantly is an insanely useful feature. Although Firebug is packed with features there are several interesting extensions that enhance its capabilities. This post gives you an overview of the best Firebug extensions that may increase your productivity even further."

ersion of jQuery Templates optimized for rendering to string.

Over the last two months I've been using my wife-approved weekend coding time to build learn.knockoutjs.com, a set of interactive in-browser coding exercises to help people learn the basics of knockout.js in a convenient and fun way. If you haven't already seen it, grab a hot drink and treat yourself to 15 minutes of enjoyable learning right now!

"AmplifyJS is a set of components designed to solve common web application problems with a simplistic API. Amplify's goal is to simplify all forms of data handling by providing a unified API for various data sources. Amplify's store component handles persistent client-side storage, using standards like localStorage and sessionStorage, but falling back on non-standard implementations for older browsers. Amplify's request adds some additional features to jQuery's ajax method while abstracting away the underlying data source."

"IcedCoffeeScript (ICS) adds two new keywords: await and defer. These additions simply and powerfully streamline asynchronous control flow, both on the server and on the browser. Say goodbye to callback pyramids; say adios to massive code rewrites when synchronization requirements change slightly. Say hello to clean, readable, maintainable control flow for network and asynchronous operations! See the Iced Features tab for more details. "

I think jQuery also has some kind of defer mechanism

"Logic-less templates."

"jqPlot is a plotting and charting plugin for the jQuery Javascript framework. jqPlot produces beautiful line, bar and pie charts with many features:"

"The current product I am building makes heavy use of HTML5 & javascript to give the user a rich experience, both on and offline, across a variety of screens. Before I even started this application I knew I wanted a clean and proven approach to help manage the complexity on the client. After reviewing several js frameworks I decided to go with backbone.js (compare yourself). I have been working with backbone for several months and I am really happy with it, and would recommend to anyone building similar types of javascript applications."

"Assuming that it'll be a while before most browsers attempt to implement most of HTML 5 (a perfectly reasonable assumption) we need to start thinking of ways to tackle the creation and rendering of HTML 5 components in the meantime. Obviously, using the tools of JavaScript and CSS we can accomplish a lot."

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

"As some of you know that read me blog will know I am more of a WPF/WCF desktop kind of guy. I do however have a healthy interest in the web, and have in fact been working on a large open source project which is nearly done which uses jQuery and ASP MVC 3 (Razor)."

"As JavaScript applications become larger and larger, we have to think about the download size, memory usage and other performance constraints for our end users. There are a number of aspects to consider, one of which is how to deliver the HTML templates that your application is using, to the user's browser, so that your application can render the templates."

"Knockback.js provides Knockout.js magic for Backbone.js Models and Collections."

"Essential JavaScript Design Patterns For Beginners"

"JSHint is great. It's a linting tool for JavaScript: a simple tool that can very often spot your mistakes before you do. It can save you from a lot of tedious debugging, lets you refactor JavaScript code with greater confidence, and reduces the chances of you deploying broken code to your production server."

"In this article, I will discuss how to create a sample single page application using Knockout and ASP.NET. This app shows a list of users based on types like Users, Admin Users, Super Admin Users, and shows user details upon selection of a user."

"The fastest bug fixes are the ones you can make and test right on the spot. However, many times access to the web server in order to update JavaScript files is not possible, convenient, or is potentially dangerous (affects all users if your fix fails miserably). "

"CanJS is a MIT-licensed, client-side, JavaScript framework that makes building rich web applications easy. It provides:"

"Hello, my name is jQuery++. It's wonderful to meet you. Have you ever found yourself wishing jQuery had just one more feature or wanted it to be a tiny bit faster? I know I have, but I understand jQuery can't do everything. This is why the team at Bitovi created me, a collection of extremely useful DOM helpers and special events that complement jQuery."

"One day, you're browsing through your code, and you notice two big blocks that look almost exactly the same. In fact, they're exactly the same, except that one block refers to "Spaghetti" and one block refers to "Chocolate Moose.""