Jun 11
This lightweight JavaScript allows for easy color transitions. Add fading effects to tables, divs and more. You can target an elements background, border or text color. Continue reading »
Jun 11
Do you ever wanted to get started with BlazeDS? A bug bit me yesterday that forced me to sit at my computer for hours on end until I could achieve two things: setting up Amazon’s EC2 Webservice and getting up and running with BlazeDS.
I had to do quite a bit of hunting due to my inexperience with a few things, which led me to the conclusion that someone else out there might want to benefit from my Googling and bookmarking.
Anyone who is on a Mac should be able to follow along fairly easily, and if you’re on Windows, it shouldn’t be too bad to translate. Continue reading »
Jun 05
Many would initially think that Javascript has something to do with Sun Microsystem’s Java but as the matter of fact, it doesn’t. Javascript was created by Netscape, they previous name was LiveWire, then LiveScript.
Javascript is a programming language that is normally used on the client side. It is easy to learn and pick up. Most Javascripts on websites serve the purpose of encouraging user experience, increase interactivity, functionality as well as web speed. DHTML (Dynamic HyperText Markup Language) is formed with the use of Javascript and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). On the other hand AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is Javascript based web development technique that uses data formatted in XML. Continue reading »
May 24
JavaScript and ActionScript share a nearly identical syntax, object model, and even many object classes because both of them are based on the ECMA-262 (ECMAScript) standard. ActionScript implements the arguments object, which supports the callee and length properties, just like JavaScript. ActionScript also implements the Array, Boolean, Date, Math, Number, Object, and String classes familiar to JavaScript programmers.Adobe AIR allows ActionScript and JavaScript base object can be convert each other.But sometimes we still need to know which is javascript objct and which is actionscript object.The following code shows how to detect Javascript objct and ActionScript. Continue reading »
May 21
In the prerelease version of Flash Player 10 there is support for type-safe lists in the form of the new class Vector. The class is an example of a parameterized type, meaning that you can have a vector of strings, a vector of display objects or a vector of any other type you like. Parameterized types are called “genetics” in Java and “templates” in C++ and it’s a really nice feature to have. Continue reading »
May 09
Multiple people have told me that a very limited amount of time went into grabbing this from the labs and presenting it at the conference (like measured in days – not even weeks). Combining that with Sun’s lousy track record with Java UI technologies, I quickly wrote off the release / platform. Continue reading »
