Today, I think there is no doubt about the important role of mobile devices. They are becoming more widely used. Graphical user interfaces are key. For developers of different technologies, the main task is to ensure that applications will work properly on the limited hardware and small touch screens. Web applications have a big importance […]

Do you want something great? No problem — in HTML5 we can find a lot of great things. You probably know that HTML5 introduces new elements, but it’s not everything! We can define HTML5 custom attributes — new, our own attributes, adjusted for our needs. HTML5 custom attributes The data-* attributes are used to store […]

Today’s point is about how to perform file upload in JavaScript. OK — with a small help of other technologies, however, it’s about a single, cohesive and working solution. Upload files in JavaScript A basic file upload can be done in a simple manner. Just HTML file input and few lines of PHP code to […]

Today a small reflection about the object reflection. I’ll try to be concise. Object reflection in JavaScript Reflection of objects is not just a curiosity, but also a tool, which we can meet more often than we think. And it may turn out to be this, what we need when we stuck with some issue. […]

Here is a small jQuery plugins collection. I worked with them and I think they are noteworthy. jQuery plugins collection Amount of jQuery plugins is really overwhelming. It’s almost impossible to view all of them. On the other hand, if we need a jQuery plugin implementing some task, almost surely we will find what we’re […]

Today, a quick tutorial on how to copy to the clipboard in JavaScript. Sometimes in our web application project, may appear a requirement: allow copying of data to the clipboard programmatically from JavaScript, after the occurrence of some event. Copy to clipboard in Javascript For this we use my favorite JavaScript framework — jQuery. In […]

Recently we had to work on the project, which used the Zepto.js in frontend layer. This library intrigued me, so I decided to write a few words about it. Zepto.js Zepto.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework, which is doing very well, especially in the WebKit-based browsers. It has syntax mostly compatible with jQuery. So, for […]

Today another article on the border. It’s about CSS media queries, which are very significant, especially in the context of modern web applications. CSS media queries In general, it’s a CSS3 module allowing content rendering to adapt to conditions such as screen resolution. This functionality is actually the core of Responsive Web Design (RWD). Using […]

In today’s article I present a small set of issues, which I commonly used when working with the Facebook application development. Programming Facebook applications Of course, applications typically have components based on PHP SDK, but in general most of the functionality was created using a dedicated SDK for JavaScript Facebook API. Programming Facebook Apps is […]

Hello! It’s time for further exploration of HTML5 Canvas, by implementing the next examples. Today, slightly more advanced things like animation and other graphical operations. HTML5 Canvas in examples So let’s start. To run examples quickly, we use the same very simple page template, as in the previous article. A simple animation using HTML5 Canvas […]