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I had a need today to indicate that at least one of a set of input fields was required. I was hoping there was a direct way to do this in the jQuery validation plugin; while the method isn’t quite as straightforward as I was wishing for, it’s still fairly simple.
To start with, I [...]
Front end developers are in a unique position to improve page performance (perceived and actual) by using best practices such as the YSlow tests. Front end developers are also in a unique position to help develop templating systems and to write thoughtful CSS, both of which help enable the rapid prototyping and rollout of new features. A focus on results and best practices — demonstrating that you aren’t just pushing pixels around — is the key.
Steve Reynolds, web services manager at Sony Computers (SCEE), contacted me last week about writing a guest post on his blog, reynoldsftw.com, and I happily obliged. Check out my post there about custom events in jQuery, and how they can change your approach to event binding by putting the emphasis on the element being acted [...]
The second issue of the new JSMag is out today, and among other excellent content, it includes an article from me about using object literals to organize your JavaScript features. Some good stuff for people who may be accustomed to writing more procedural jQuery. Here’s the setup:
In the past few years, JavaScript libraries have given [...]
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