Maintaining the values in form fields between browser sessions has never been easier with HTML 5 Storage. It can go a long way towards enhancing the usability of your forms.
Reducing your JavaScript load
Although it typically makes sense to pack all of your JavaScript into one file to improve page load time, there are cases where it makes more sense to house certain chunks of JS code in a separate file. Here’s a trick to help keep things organized.
Web Hosting Calculator: What I learned
A few techniques and approaches to JavaScript and CSS development learned while developing a small JavaScript application.
Browser based geolocation – the accuracy question
Our tests revealed that high accuracy JavaScript GeoLocation requests were failing in some cases, instead of returning a low-accuracy result.
Add to Favorites with JavaScript – the smarter way
Let's get it out of the way now. Yes, the "Add to Favorites" button is pretty old-school. The modern web user is savvy enough to…
Going global with JavaScript language translations
Every computer language out there, including JavaScript, has built-in internationalization capabilities, that is, the ability to translate language in order to produce a multilingual application.
Making the most of HTML 5 Web Storage
HTML 5 Web Storage is a big deal for any developer with even a hint of JavaScript know-how. It means client-side storage, and client-side storage…
Pranking with Prototype
I want to start this post by saying that there really is no practical use for the information presented here. One could argue that it's…
Creating your own AJAX cache
If you've made AJAX calls before, you know that they are subject to client-side caching, as specified by the server. Of course, you can request…
Taming Web SQL
If you’re coming from server-side development, Web SQL might appear to be both limiting and difficult to grasp. You’re used to sending a request to…