So I wrote this plugin for Jmol, that replaces default JavaScript library and makes it work jQuery way. You can see more here. Now I’m struggling with some new ideas, so I’ll use my blog to lay out some problems and possible solutions.
Category Archives: JavaScript
Build your own CMS, part 1
Today I stumbled upon this really terrible example, of “How to create an admin panel”, it’s terrible in so many ways, that it made me cry. And yet it’s been posted on January 14th, 2012. I thought to my self, why don’t I share my knowledge in the field I’ve been working for the past …
What’s wrong with jQuery UI?
In overall, jQuery and jQuery UI are really great. As for the former, and speaking purely in subjective terms, it’s the best thing that has happened to the web. But with great power comes great responsibility, so this post is about where jQuery UI team is making a mess. First let’s talk about release cycle – …
99 problems, but the web ain’t one.
I’ve been working in the web development for, what, 8-10 years now. I’ve seen it transition from Netscape to Internet Explorer standards, I’ve seen it done in tables and I was there when everything suddenly went into div soup. I’ve seen some nasty CSS cheats I was there on the advent of JavaScript frameworks – …
Dear web browser vendors…
… stop! I see you there upgrading a dead man (think ECMASscript.next) or even trying to replace it with some backwards compatible gibberish (think Google Dart). Let’s talk first… So, yes, JavaScript is one hell-of-a pain-in-the-ass language, which is dynamically typed and then again not – think arrays and objects. It’s not OO, but yet you can do …
JavaScript objects My way
This is not a tutorial and I do not take full responsibility for the theory written here, this is just a post for myself, so that I don’t forget 🙂
Frameworks and libraries
There we go, my first post on development. Frameworks – I will not explain what a framework is, I think you already know it, instead, I will write my opinion on how and when to use them.