Live XML Editor
While I don’t recommend editing XML files by hand, its not an uncommon task and I occasionally find myself having to do it. As I am a big advocate of web based applications, I was hoping to find a web …
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jQuery’s .live(), Enhanced
If you’re not using jQuery’s .live() method you are really missing out. live() works by storing a selector-to-handler mapping in an internal hash which allows it to execute the handler for all existing and future elements which match that selector. …
How to Get or Set Text Value of an XML Node in JavaScript Using jQuery
Edited on October 7th: I realized after the original post that the code provided was not entirely correct. Specifically, it ignored CDATA values. Methods below have been updated to reflect that fix. The logic for extracting the text values is …
Converting an XML DOM Object to a String Using JavaScript
This is actually very simple, but it took a bit to discover so I’m posting it to address that. function getXmlAsString(xmlDomObj){ return (typeof XMLSerializer!==”undefined”) ? (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(xmlDomObj) : xmlDomObj.xml; }
Firebug Console: Best (Cross-Browser) Practices
The Firebug plug-in is an essential and unparalleled tool for (web) UI development. If you’re not using it, you should be. But in any case, some of its features can make a lazy (or busy) programmer cause serious problems in …
Firefox 3.5 Issues: Dark JPGs, XML parsing with JavaScript, etc.
I downloaded Firefox 3.5 last week and while I did notice a slight performance improvement, there are a few unexpected updates as well: Photos look much darker in 3.5 since it uses the embedded ICC profile where other versions/browsers don’t. …
Links vs. JavaScript Event Handlers
Anchor tags are frequently used to do something other than what they were meant for, such as executing some JavaScript code. I’m talking about cases such as these: <a href=”javascript:doSomething()”>Click Here</a> // or… <a href=”javascript:void(0)” onclick=”doSomething()”>Click Here</a> Both of these …
Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers
A colleague of mine sent out a link to a very resourceful page containing very helpful cheat sheets for web developers. Get them here: http://www.webappers.com/2008/11/05/best-cheat-sheets-for-web-developers/ I haven’t seen the WebAppers site before, but it definitely deserves a bookmark and periodic …
Making a copy of a JavaScript function
You’ll probably never need to do this (and given the solution, you’ll have an extra reason for not doing it), but just in case you need it that one time, here it is. So, for whatever reason, you need a …
Detecting user’s installed version of the Silverlight plug-in
Microsoft’s Silverlight plugin is finding its way to more and more high profile websites. NBC used it to broadcast the Beijing Olympics and major sport sites are using to show live games and highlights. (I should note that Silverlight is …