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Improve the performance of Web 2.0 applications
With the emergence and popularity of Web 2.0 applications, the way people use the Internet has slowly changed. These Web 2.0 applications now have many typical aspects, including having a rich client, a large page size, lots of small items on a page, excessive JavaScript coding, and so on. Most of these aspects, with the current Browser technology, can cause browser-side performance issues, especially in long-distance network situations. This article analyzes the key facts of typical Web 2.0 applications and describes how they will affect browser-side performance. It also takes a look at a very important part of browser-side performance -- browser-side cache.
Mu — JavaScript library for Facebook Connect
Mu is the JavaScript library that provides APIs for Facebook Connect to make your application more social. With it you gain access to:
1. Identity: facebook user's name, photo and more [User].
2. Social Graph: the user's friends and connections [Connection].
3. Distribution: the Stream, and the ability to communicate [Publishing]
4. Integration: publishers, canvas pages, profile boxes & tabs.
This guide is for using the Mu JavaScript library to access the above on your site. Mu is a very small library which you can use along with your favorite JavaScript library such as Dojo, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype or YUI."
dojo Graphing and Charting (dojox.gfx) v1.1 documentation
"dojox.gfx is a cross-platform declarative interactive vector graphics package. It follows loosely SVG as the underlying model.
At present time following backends are implemented:
* SVG (Firefox 1.5-3.0, Safari 3.0, Opera 9.0).
* VML (IE 6-7).
* Silverlight (wherever it is supported by Microsoft).
* Canvas (Firefox 2.0-3.0, Safari 3.0 including iPhone Safari, Opera 9.0).
SVG and VML are considered mature implementations, while Silverlight and Canvas are considered to be experimental backends."
Video: Programming the Real-Time Web with Leah Culver
At the ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, Six Apart's Leah Culver chatted with Jolie O'Dell about Comet, XMPP, and the languages and protocols that are making the real-time web doable, as well as the challenges of developing for real-time environments.
Yahoo Sees Standards as Key to Open Web
"Among the key issues in the Internet space today is the ongoing struggle between openness and stability in terms of standard Web technology, said a Yahoo Web technology expert. Doug Crockford, a JavaScript expert at Yahoo, calls on his company and others to not “break the Web” as they each vie for developer hearts and minds."
Create a dynamic Ajax-based Web application with the WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0
"The IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 provides a rich set of components that enable developers to easily and more efficiently build powerful Ajax-based applications. This article explains how you can build a Web application that features dynamic charts using the Feature Pack for Web 2.0. You will also see how you can combine major Web 2.0 facilities (like Dojo, Web remoting, Web messaging, JSON4J, and so on) to create a solution with a rich user experience, as well as how to integrate existing back-end services into the Ajax-style architecture."
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
"Now web designers and developers can join the iPhone app party without having to learn Cocoa's Objective-C programming language. It's true: You can write iPhone apps quickly and efficiently using your existing skills with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This book shows you how with lots of detailed examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on exercises.
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Learn how to build iPhone apps with standard web tools
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Refactor a traditional website into an iPhone web app
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Hook into advanced iPhone features (e.g. accelerometer, geolocation, vibration, and sound) with JavaScript
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Do most of your development with the operating system of your choice
Learn more at http://building-iphone-apps.labs.oreilly.com or at the book's catalog page."
YouTube - Introduction to Debugging AJAX Application with Firebug
Aside from CSS, Firebug can also debug Javascript quite well, all from within the Firefox browser. Here's a quick tutorial on how to make sure your Ajax applications are running smoothly with Firebug.
Web Form Validation: Best Practices and Tutorials | How-To | Smashing Magazine
Ideally, users will fill the web form with necessary information and finish their job successfully. However, people often make mistakes. This is where web form validation comes into play. The goal of web form validation is to ensure that the user provided necessary and properly formatted information needed to successfully complete an operation. In this article we will go beyond the validation itself and explore different validation and error feedback techniques, methods and approaches.
jQuery and JavaScript Coding: Examples and Best Practices | How-To | Smashing Magazine
When used correctly, jQuery can help you make your website more interactive, interesting and exciting. This article will share some best practices and examples for using the popular Javascript framework to create unobtrusive, accessible DOM scripting effects. The article will explore what constitutes best practices with regard to Javascript and, furthermore, why jQuery is a good choice of a framework to implement best practices.
Google AJAX APIs Playground
This google website has lots of little examples and demos using Google AJAX APIs
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