4 June, 2008 1:46 am

Examples of Popular Sites using JQuery

Posted by Richard Wong under JQuery, Javascript | 7 Comments

JQuery is famous for making Javascript easy to write with minimal code and is definitely on the rise. So I did a little research to find some example of big sites that adopted jQuery.

Here is what I found:

Social Sites

Main Stream Media Site

Other popular sites

Although this is only a small list but one thing is certain – jQuery works on big sites and big sites are starting to adopt it.

2 June, 2008 12:02 am

JQuery modal dialog Boxes

Posted by Richard Wong under JQuery, Javascript | 18 Comments

When we come to design modern web applications, modal dialog boxes are often required to quickly interact with users without reloading the whole page. So here are 3 JQuery based modal boxes for those of you who are using JQuery as the main Javascript Library.

1. Facebox

This is definitely simple to use, small in size and stylish in design.

2. SimpleModal

Another simple and small Modal Box.

3. ThickBox

Probably the more old school of three but ThickBox definitely does the job well. It has been around for quite sometime now and even the new WordPress Back-end uses it!

1 June, 2008 9:17 pm

Salary and Demand Trend for Javascript Developer in UK

Posted by Richard Wong under Javascript | 0 Comment

Interesting finding from ITJobsWatch. Although, the demand is rapidly increasing, the average salary is pretty stable. Is this because there are more Javascript developer out there?

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the UK.

If you are a IT worker in the UK, go and find out whether you are above or below the curve now!

ITJobsWatch

30 May, 2008 1:00 am

How to build a prefect Javascript Library?

Posted by Richard Wong under Javascript | 3 Comments

There is a time where everyone is hating Javascript. It is messy, buggy and unreliable across broswers. But thanks to the invention of Javascript Libraries, now we are having fun again building AJAX sites with cool animated effects.

In this video, John Resig the creator of JQuery is giving a talk about all the techniques used to build a robust, reusable, cross-platform JavaScript Library. He also interestingly talked about how to use functional programming to create contained, concise, code.

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