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Roll out your own JavaScript Interfaces

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:55:20 +0000

"There are times when using a JavaScript library is called for. ... However, there are other times when you don’t need all that."

Tags: #domscripting #javascript #js #webdev

IE6 Form Tag Orphans by jpsykes

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:26 +0000

"Apparently if you try to remove/destroy/trash a FORM dom node in IE6, it won’t delete it, instead creating a bizarre orphaned node stuck sucking up memory until the browser window is refreshed."

Tags: #MSFT #domscripting #msie #webdev

Ajaxian » replaceHTML for when innerHTML dogs you down

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:21:27 +0000

"Steven Levithan, of RegexPal, ran into some performance issues with innerHTML due to the fact that "every keydown event potentially triggers the destruction and creation of thousands of elements" so he started to look into it."

Tags: #ajax #dhtml #dom #domscripting #webdev

afongen » JavaScript DSL. It feels gooood.

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:57:22 +0000

"Today’s work feels good. Not only should it be really, really clear how to use the above code, all the code behind it is much more cleanly designed, and uses YUI to good advantage. It’s been a good day."

Tags: #domscripting #javascript #js #webdev #yui

UT| Event delegation without a JavaScript library

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:31:43 +0000

"For those of us just building a bog standard JavaScript application without one of these fancy libraries, it’s worth taking a look at how event delegation works in the real world."

Tags: #dom #domscripting #eventdelegation #js #webdev

Escaping the JavaScript call stack with setTimeout at Blogature

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:55:26 +0000

"What happens when we call something using setTimeout with a delay of 0 is that the JavaScript engine notices that it’s busy (with whatever task called setTimeout) and queues the setTimeout code for execution immediately after the current call stack clo

Tags: #domscripting #javascript #js #webdev

W3C DOM tests - createDocumentFragment()

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:25:07 +0000

"Hello I am a document fragment"

Tags: #dom #domscripting #javascript #webdev

Vivabit | The Web's Bollocks | Introducing DOM Builder

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:16:03 +0000

"It's always seemed a bit wrong and dirty to use innerHTML to manipulate or add content to a page."

Tags: #ajax #domscripting #javascript #webdev

Info balloons: A how-to

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:13:15 +0000

"If you move your mouse over one of the four web-services buttons at the bottom of this page, a balloon pops up showing you whatever is new for that particular web-service."

Tags: #ajax #domscripting #hacks #javascript #js #nifty #webdev