5 articles and links tagged with “javascript”

1. A JavaScript Detection Pattern
   March 06, 2010

   Progressive enhancement of our sites and applications has become a relatively well accepted best practice for web development. This article outlines a technique I've used successfully to ensure that core functionality is available without JavaScript, while maintaining a quality experience for the majority of users with JavaScript enabled.

2. Running `python-spidermonkey` on JeOS
   May 16, 2009

   Paul Davis' python-spidermonkey project looks brilliant.

3. Asynchronous Execution, JavaScript, and You
   May 05, 2009

   I spent more time than I care to admit this afternoon tracking down a bug in some relatively straightforward jQuery code. As it turned out, I was overlooking my error because I was thinking about my code in absolutely the wrong way.

4. (Mildly) improving Google Analytics' JS Embed
   May 01, 2009

   Google Analytics' embed JavaScript isn’t at all pretty. A few changes can make it a bit cleaner to implement.

5. Some Thoughts Regarding Caja
   December 16, 2008

   Yesterday, Yahoo! made some announcements regarding The Future™ of many of their high profile properties. Specifically, they’re (slowly) opening up, enabling third-party developers to build applications that can be seen on and interact with your My Yahoo! page, or your mailbox. I think this is a great step, and one I wish they'd made before they laid me off.