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Cross-domain RSS to JSON converter [jQuery plugin]
No doubt that Web2.0 is one of the best things that happened in our lifetime (besides the internet itself). When we mention Web2.0 first things that come into our minds are AJAX, rounded corners, clean and light layouts and of course RSS feeds. Nowadays, you either provide an RSS feed or consume it in your web app using AJAX/JavaScript. The only bad thing is that you can not request cross-siteCreate callback functions for your jQuery plugins & extensions
Most of the time custom jQuery plugins and extensions that we create do not use a callback functions. They usually simply work on DOM elements or do some calculations. But there are cases when we need to define our own custom callback functions for our plugins. And this is especially true when our plugins utilize AJAX querying. Let’s say our custom jQuery extension gets data by making someGet URL parameters & values with jQuery
In this post, I would like to share a little jQuery code snippet that makes getting URL parameters and their values more convenient. Recently, while working on one of my projects, I needed to read and get parameter values from URL string of the current page that was constructed and sent by PHP script. I came across this short and sweet JavaScript code snippet by Roshambo that does just that. //How To Get a Job
Posted by RJ Owen on Sep 4, 2009 in - Miscelleneous | View Original Article
You've been looking into the world of Rich Internet Applications for a while now but how do you make the jump? Whether you're a developer working in Java or C++ looking to get on the web or a designer working in an art department wanting to do more interactive, the RIA world is a fast-growing and exciting field many people are looking to transition to. Unless you're lucky enough to have some personal connections into an RIA firm, the decision to move requires hitting the pavement and convincing an RIA company that you're worth hiring.
This article comes from my experiences as both a former interviewee and current interviewer at a mid-sized RIA company. I've seen both the good and the bad; the ups and the downs; the ins and the outs. After roughly every interview we conduct I think of a few things I wish I could share about how the candidate could have improved their chances of getting hired - this article is the collection of all of those ideas.
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jQuery.noConflict – Resolving conflicts with other javascript libraries that use $() function
One of the reasons that make a software popular is its extensions and plugins. jQuery has plenty of plugins that do almost anything you want, from simple button hide to full blown galleries. Plugins let non developers easily add functionality they need to their websites and there are times when one might include more than one javascript library such as prototype.js, YUI or mootools with jQuery.
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Identifying & locating mouse position in jQuery
While writing the next jQuery tutorial I needed to identify and locate where the mouse was on the page. Tracking mouse position on the page with jQuery is easy. You don’t need to check what browser the script is running like it is used to be with plain JavaScript. To identify where the mouse is in jQuery all you have to do is to read event object’s .pageX and .pageY properties. Example: $().
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jQuery custom selectors with parameters
My last tutorial on how to create a custom jQuery selector showed you the basics of creating custom filters in jQuery. Now, it is time to get more serious with selectors and create more advanced jQuery selectors – custom jQuery selectors with parameters. To get an idea of what I am talking about think of :contains(someText) selector. Anyway, let’s create our own jQuery selector that takes
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Find & select all external links with jQuery
Selecting all external links and amending them in some way is probably one of the most used jQuery tutorials. By selecting all anchor links on the page and for example adding a CSS class with only one jQuery line shows how jQuery is simple and powerful. Also if you are progressively enhancing your website this is one of the trick you might use. Actually, I had to select all external links and
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