jQuery 1.0.4 it out; 247 bug fixes, plus a few nice additions... The Ajax libraries have been fully refactored plus there are a few new properties to the $.ajax method. Important note, $.get and $.post are deprecated in favor of the $.ajax function.
Also, check out the new jQuery API site. Thank you John!
To encourage people to promote the jQuery project and get as many people involved in the community as possible, jQuery is holding a contest to build a "Powered by jQuery" button.
The Rules:
The Prizes:
The prizes will be shipped anywhere in the world via regular post.
All submissions should be made in the comment section of this posting via a standard hyperlink. Make sure that you provide a valid email address when submitting your entry.
This is your chance to really help expand the jQuery community by creating a top notch button that will get a ton of exposure. Good luck to everyone!
Another bug-fix release is ready for all to enjoy! It is highly recommended that you upgrade right away. As always, if you spot a bug, please add it to the bug tracker. jQuery 1.0.3 is featuring only bug fixes - leaving all API additions/changes/deletions until the next full release: jQuery 1.1.
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just found this really nice blog entry showing different code techniques or styles to achieve the same purpose using various dhtml tool. The idea is the usual alternate row styles, written with DOM, YUI, Dojo, Mochikit, mootools, and jquery. I am a big jquery fan, and this may not be enough to convert you, but it should give you an idea of how easy the syntax is.
btw, I love one of the comments showing how to add hovers too... it's a beautiful toolkit.
It's well known that PNGs with an alpha layer will not work properly in IE unless you manually patch it and apply some filters. IE7 fixed that, but it's still beta, and even after it launches, you need to cater to all visitors. I reworked some code I found into a nice, painless, solution to automatically fix all pngs in IE.
Marius Hanganu released a Spreadsheet Widget written in Dojo... it is pretty impressive, and pretty heavy at the same time. Dojo is incredibly powerful, but this widget max'ed out my CPU for about 30 seconds... not so impressive. You can view the demo here. If your browser does not respond just have patience... I know, I know, but it's still in beta, has some bugs, and hopefully will not have these performance issues once it hits 1.0.
Here's a list of features from the author's site.
Status
Goals for "1.0" version:
Script.aculo.us V1.6.2 (2006-08-15): Bug fix galore! was released yesterday.
You probably know how I love design patterns and apply them all over CF ... You also know I love Dojo :) ... I just found this nice article showing how to apply MVC in JavaScript with Dojo. I don't extensively use JavaScript, but it's a nice implementation.
JSMin is a utility to compress JavaScript by removing unnecessary whitespace and comments. Unlike obfuscation, it doesn't rename any of your variables or functions, leaving the core functionality intact. Depending on amount of comments, this utility may save from 50-80% on file size. Here's a good Minification Vs. Obfuscation article.
Darryl Lyons released CFJSMin, a ColdFusion utility to compress JavaScripts. I'm not sure why would you want to compress your scripts from a server side scripting language instead of running a binary executable... I guess that if you have a source folder and production folder you could automate changes... CFJSMin also has the ability of taking several input files and save them all in a single compressed file. This is good for caching.
Darryl, if you're reading this, here's a request: I'd like the tool to read several JS files as input, but instead of writing a target file, I'd like the output in a variable.
In addition of compressing your files, take a look at gzip and real time data compression. Here's a good article on how to set your IIS to compression. For those who run apache, I know it's really easy, but I don't have the information handy.
Dojo 0.3.0 was released with many new features. Dojo must be the best JavaScript library, it really makes me think if I should rewrite some ColdFusion components to generate Dojo widgets and Ajax binding ... sounds like a great project too me, if you're interested drop me an email.
At the Ajax Experience, Alex demonstrated a new use of the Flash Platform with Ajax: storage! Flash has be ability of storing large amount of data local objects, which is something like a Flash Cookie. By default you can store 300k of persistent data, up to 500k. Dojo makes use of this storage transparently by using a 1px flash component ... really neat.
The latest release of Dojo has a slew of new features, including:
