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JavaOne 2009 Day 2 – My Input

Google Web Toolkit I started out day 2 of JavaOne attending a session on Google Web Toolkit, GWT is one of those things I do not know if I actually like. On one hand it is a cool framework that makes a lot of UI coding unecessary, but on the other hand black-box-solutions is not my [...]
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JavaOne 2009 Day 1 – My Input

After a busy day of flying (and some beers) yesterday I am at the first day of JavaOne in San Francisco today with my fellow colleagues. I am going to tweet my findings continuosly, make sure you follow me on Twitter. Below I have some short input on the sessions I attended the first day: Ajaxifying [...]
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6 Should Read JavaScript Articles

Below I have listed a couple of JavaScript articles you should read to prepare for the awakening of JavaScript as the main web development tool. It doesnt matter if you consider yourself a .NET or Java-developer, if you do not learn JavaScript you will probably have a hard time finding a job within a [...]
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jquery validation plugin checklist

Jörn Zaefferer on the jQuery blog validates his own validation framework against a very good list : My blog article Form Validation with Javascript where I stress 10 points to think of when creating a client side validation framework written in JavaScript. Read more in these post: About client-side form validation and frameworks on jQuery [...]
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jQuery just got 800% faster

Today jquery just got 800% faster. Not bad for a decimal-release. Only one release more will be made on the 1.1 code base. With this speed increase I think jquery just won the library-war, a measure of its success is the number of diggs it has generated the last 9 hours, approx 1000 and growing. Good [...]
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10 Must have jquery plugins and extensions

Below you find 10 jquery plugins and jquery extensions you cannot do without if you are a serious front-end developer Easy DOM Creation with jQuery Form plugin If you are doing AJAX-stuff, you must have this plugin. Dimensions This plugin should be a part of the jQuery Core. Interface This library solves 90% of your user interface issues. Excellent work Stefan! Thickbox 3 Note [...]
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JavaScript Form Validation

This article is an introduction to how to create good form validation with javascript. I will briefly describe the interaction pattern of client side validation with javascript. Later I will focus on 10 actions that will make your form validation perfect. The Design Pattern of Client Side Form Validation Whenever a user needs to submit data to [...]
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jQuery Form Validation as Smarty Plugins

When we redesigned two of our sites we put a lot of effort into making the signup process better and focused on making a lot of input validation before posting the page. We also knew that there is a lot of business data that we need to validate before posting the whole signup form, this [...]
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On Demand JavaScript

Load javascript when you need it. This is interesting. Mainly for javascript intensive webapps that makes heavy use of a lot of different javascript modules, modules that should be loaded whenever needed. Ajaxian » Prototype Extension: Dynamic Script Pattern Support On-Demand Javascript at AjaxPatterns jQuery mailinglist discussion
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Introducing Tweenbox the fancy thickbox

Found this really good looking plugin for jquery that tweens/animates between muliple pages/images. You can easily extend it with your own tweening functions. There is probably a lot of work still needed on this plugin, but if he makes Will Jessup manages to remove all bugs and add the functionality he mentions [...]
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