The question recently came up about possible ways to filter data in a browser client where the source was an XML file. There are, of course, many different ways this could be done, but I decided to use XSL to create a list of the data in XHTML and to include JavaScript in the […]
Author Archives: david_kw
Conditional Test for IE6 in CSS
April 19, 2007 – 10:35 am
I recently had a problem where I had to make a tweak in the CSS just for IE6. I couldn’t find any way to conditionally compile in the .css standalone file and I didn’t want to create a whole new .css file just for IE6 and conditionally compile it in. Anyway, in IE6 […]
Book Reviews
April 17, 2007 – 11:44 pm
I’ve decided to do a few book reviews for some of the books I’ve read recently. Since the most recent is Prototype & Scriptaculous in Action I figured I’d do that review first.
Simple Ajax Example
April 16, 2007 – 10:21 pm
Here is an Ajax example that was put together to demonstrate how Ajax can be used to validate something without refreshing the page. The link is here.
JavaScript Libraries
April 15, 2007 – 12:41 am
Well between various distractions, including income tax, I’ve been able to get through most of the Prototype & Scriptaculous in Action book. So far I have really enjoyed it although much of it is an easy read for an experienced programmer. Still it is fun to see what a popular JavaScript library can make it […]
Seeing Generated Source
April 7, 2007 – 12:01 pm
One of the nice features in FireFox with the Web Development addon is the ability to see the generated source after you have done DOM manipulations. Unfortunately it isn’t as easy in IE, but here is a tip that helps me. Just type this in the address bar of the page you’d like to see […]
Learning Prototype and Scriptaculous
April 6, 2007 – 9:18 pm
Well today I am learning Prototype and Scriptaculous. Up until now I’ve been using my own home grown Javascript library, but I’ve decided it is time to see what else is out there. Clearly anything open source will have a lot more testing, features, and support. I decided to start with this library largely because […]