Tag Archives: Javascript
HTML5 and CSS3 feature-detection with Modernizr library

HTML5 and CSS3 feature-detection with Modernizr library

Posted 04 July 2010 | By Vidal | Categories: How-to | No Comments

Ten years ago, only the most cutting-edge web designers used CSS for layouts and styling. Browser support for CSS layouts was slim and buggy, so these people advocated for web standards adherence, while creating hacks that made CSS layouts work in all browsers. One hack that became widely used was browser sniffing: Detecting which browser [...]

Modernizr: start implementing CSS 3 and HTML5 features now

Modernizr: start implementing CSS 3 and HTML5 features now

Posted 06 July 2009 | By Vidal | Categories: CSS | No Comments

So, you’re a front-end developer, and you want to start taking advantage of new features in CSS 3 and HTML5. That’s great, but you know that most of your users aren’t running browsers that support these new standards. You could just wait for browsers to get with the times, or you could check out Modernizr.
Modernizr [...]

Enhancing forms – Unobtrusive Javascript

Posted 09 April 2008 | By Vidal | Categories: Developer Tools | No Comments

An excellent example of how to use unobtrusive JavaScript for error checking a form prior to submission. The work is available for download, and at the end of the article is provided a sample form and some exercises to help with your understanding with implementing unobtrusive JavaScript on forms.
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Script.aculo.us Javascript Framework

Posted 06 March 2008 | By Vidal | Categories: Developer Tools | No Comments

script.aculo.us is a JavaScript library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model.
It is most notably included with Ruby on Rails, but also provided separately to work with other web application frameworks and scripting languages.
Features
script.aculo.us extends the Prototype Javascript Framework by adding visual effects, [...]

Mootools the compact javascript framework

Posted 06 March 2008 | By Vidal | Categories: Developer Tools | No Comments

MooTools is an open source, compact, and modular object-oriented programming JavaScript web application framework that is made by developers for developers. MooTools makes the process of writing extensible and cross-browser compatible code more efficient, concise and fun.
Benefits
With MooTools, the developer has the advantage of using:

An extensible and modular framework that helps give developers discretion (choice) [...]