Javascript lets us run program logic on the client-side, meaning we can change HTML Elements dynamically based on some logic without reloading the page with a new server call. This logic is run by Events that are launched from User Interaction. A common way of doing so is adding inline Javascript events, but I’d like to erradicate this scourge from the web.
Steve Webster recently wrote an article about how horribly standards-stupid SproutCore (the Javascript framework Apple used to make MobileMe) is. He kind of has the right mind-set, in that Javascript should be a progressive enhancement to web-sites, and they should still function properly without it.
Mootools released version 1.2 a couple months ago. And it rocks. I find developing in Mootools to simple, and actually fun (go ahead, slap me with the geek word). I’ve been writing a few classes in my day office, and have found some rockin’ resources for leaning Mootools.
With simple SQL Injection, your up and coming social media application could have it’s whole database wiped, just for kicks. There’s a rather simple procedure to prevent the majority of malicious code injections by preparing your SQL queries before sending them into your database.