I wrote a simple script to pop-up a modal-like element when clicking on an “Add” button on the page. I wanted to insert the element into the DOM on first click, and on subsequent clicks, simply reset the form. A bug popped up in IE7 (surprise) that prevented me from checking if I had inserted the element already.
I got to play around a little bit with YUI’s (I pronounce it yoo-ey) Rich Text Editor as I implemented a low-level CMS for one of my current projects. I’ve used TinyMCE a-plenty, and wanted to check out YUI’s implementation because theoretically YUI is far easier to extend. One thing that tripped me up was the styling, which in retrospect I should have noticed, but it irked me, so I solved it in my lazy efficient programmer fashion.
Last week, I released a pluggable Slideshow type Mootools class. I had written that class a while back, and since then had extended its functionality to allow me easily make tabs on any page. I wanted my tabs to have the ability to auto-switch if I wanted, so extending my Rotater class made perfect sense.
I’d like to release my first public class written for the Mootools framework. I call it the Rotater class, and its purpose is for those slideshow elements on pages, but without the need for controls. Most likely used for a splash-y area that should loop infinitely through images or content.
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.
I’ve noticed quite a few web-sites that I’ve been to have e-mails that try to protect themselves from spam. You know, the usual john at example
dot com. And that’s all fine and dandy. But I’ve seen a remarkable amount of e-mails trying to protect themselves and accomplishing nothing!
