Today we take a closer look at ready-made tools to assist us in working with date and time. So libraries with functions to operate on date and time in JavaScript; formating, parsing, comparing, etc. We already talked about basics of date and time functinos in JavaScript here. Now we turn to the more advanced tools. […]

In the second, summary part of the basic course HTML5, we look closely at the next great elements of the language. HTML5 short course: the Modernizr library At the beginning we add yourself to facilitate work in the form of the Modernizr library. This is a JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML5 and […]

Today we recommend the jQuery tutorial, that shows how to create own ToolTips. In four easy steps. jQuery tutorial — creating own tooltips Source available: here. Step 1 — the project Create a new project (e.g. in Aptana IDE) or simply create a structure as below: Step 2 — the view We create the basic […]

Some time ago I decided to write a simple application to backup files quickly, and place them on my server. I created with program using Adobe AIR (and PHP for a small backend). Adobe AIR tutorial — creating a real application We will read here, among others, about Drag&Drop, communication with the server, and handle […]

Previously we talked about Adobe AIR basics, including preparation of development environment. It’s time for the next article, and more practice. We will work with windows and XHR calls (yes, we can enjoy AJAX in AIR apps). Working with windows in Adobe AIR Creating a window looks exactly the same as it is in classic […]

Here we have the 3rd part of jQuery course. Further exploring of jQuery possibilities Today we briefly describe programming Ajax elements, using jQuery. We show also some interesting examples and tips jQuery, and finally mention about jQuery UI. The jQuery gives us a high level of abstraction, with a rich support for Ajax. So the […]

Here we go with the second part of jQuery basics, in which we describe the visual effects, DOM operations and events handling using this library. Getting deeper in jQuery Let’s start with the basics of visual effects. There are main methods for elements visibility: show() — causes dynamic showing of hidden element. As arguments can […]

And now it’s time for jQuery! jQuery course — basics of framework Welcome to the 1st part of basic jQuery course. We talked already about various JavaScript frameworks (such as Prototype JS or MooTools). Now we want to describe the key topics of a giant — jQuery. Speaking giant, we mean the possibilities offered by […]

Here is the second, summarizing part of the course, the theme of which is the JavaScript MooTools library. The MooTools library Let’s start with the benefits of object-oriented programming (OOP) support, offered by MooTools. “Class” and creating classes Constructor: where: properties (object) — is a collection of class properties. These properties can also be incorporated […]

The 2nd part of the script.aculo.us library course. Today about its strongest point — visual effects. Getting to know more possibilities of script.aculo.us Visual effects Effects have their own options, but everywhere we can use Core Effect properties. The general form: Let’s see how it looks in practice. Example — use effects: Example #2 — […]