XML Descriptors, Be Gone!
Dion posted a story about Nokia’s new mobile widgets. This will be very cool if it’s as good as it sounds. However, what got me was the XML-based config - three separate files for config, skin, and widgets. The widget...
Ajax/Javascript: 8 Ways to Create Graphics on the Fly
Ajax/Javascript: 8 Ways to Create Graphics on the Fly - digg this
Lessons in Javascript Performance Optimisation: 90 seconds down to 3 seconds
Summary: Avoid $$(".classname") on large DOMs!!!
Ajax Functionality and Usability Patterns – Podcast 4 of 4: Functionality Patterns
This is the fourth and final podcast in the series on Ajax functionality and usability patterns (Book: Part 4, pp 327-530). This 54-minute podcast covers seven patterns of Ajax Architecture (Book: Chapter 17, pp 473-530):
Documentation Needs Examples (Duh)
I’m constantly amazed at the amount of documentation people are inclined to create without including a single example.