JavaScript

By now everyone who has used a search engine has experienced auto-complete functionality at work. Originally intended to help those with physical limitations reduce the need for keyboard input, it has become commonplace on nearly every input element across a variety of software. In this article we will look at the details of the JQuery Autocomplete widget; how to implement ...

We hear a lot about loops, especially ” for loop “. So what, in fact, are they? They’re just pieces of code that repeat the same commands several times, until you reach a desired conclusion, without getting you bored out of your mind, repeating your code. This is how we JavaScript guys do it. Syntax You will definitely have to ...

Based on my original blog posting, this posting introduces a ported Javascript version of my rule engine, for Node.js. I have the requirement to use a rule engine. I want something light weight and fairly simple, yet powerful. While there are products out there which are super good, I don’t want something with the big learning overhead. And, I fancied ...

Angular data-binding seems magic, but obviously isn’t. You have to give it a chance to do its work. As such, watch out and think about the difference “copy by value” and “copy by reference”. This article is part of my “Learning NG” series, presenting some of my adventures while learning Angular. Check out the series intro and other articles. Note, ...

I’ve recently been working a lot with JavaScript (specifically, Backbone with Marionette) after many years of working predominantly with Java. When I start something that is a little different for me, it is always my tendency to want to jump in and start using it immediately. But in this situation, I have found that understanding the basics in parallel is ...

Being passionate about AngularJS, me and two fellow JDriven colleagues visited the ngEurope conference. The amount of presentations during ngEurope was somewhat overwhelming, especially during the mornings without any scheduled break. Good thing I made some notes, that the slides are already available on-line and that someone published quite detailed notes for all sessions. Without all this I might simply ...

Submit form is everywhere these days, and usually done with jQuery. This time we’ll teach you how to build them using JavaScript’s submit() function, which keeps form identity, be it class, id, tag, or name. Setting it up First of all we create three files: an HTML file, a JavaScript file and a CSS file with these names: index.html, submit_javascipt.js ...

Array sorting is a key development technique applied in a variety of situations. Below we’ll show you exactly how to use Sort Array, be it sorting an array of numbers, names or structures, ascending, descending or even randomizing and reversing an array. The sort() method The sort() method sorts the elements of an array and returns the array. The sort ...

I am  Software Developer, specifically Java Developer, spending most of the time writing back-end part of the applications. I can write basic HTML/JavaScript/CSS stuff to get the things done when needed. I didn’t have much passion on HTML/JavaScript and neither I am good at web development. I just has good enough knowledge to get the front-end work done for my ...