Load jQuery in a Firebug session. When debugging or poking around in sites where jQuery is not already used, I had been pasting the following code into the multi-line FireBug console and hitting Run. This makes jQuery available for debugging, etc. j=document.createElement("SCRIPT"); j.src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.pack.js"; document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD")[0].appendChild(j); If you use Firebug, this is a handy way to make [...]

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A simple Javascript bookmarklet shows password field values. In form fields where a password is entered, it is usually obscured by asterisks or bullets to prevent someone from seeing what you type. This is a great feature but where a long password is being typed or a remembered password is filled in by the browser, [...]

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Major Updates To jQuery John Resig and the jQuery team have been busy releasing jQuery 1.2 and a bugfix version 1.2.1. jQuery Version 1.2 Version 1.2 is a major update to the popular Javascript library. Many new features were added and a few were removed, so updating existing code may be required to use the [...]

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John Resig and the jQuery team have released jQuery 1.1.4. This release addresses bugs, improves performance, adds some functionality, and deprecates some functionality in anticipation of changes upcoming in jQuery version 1.2. Both standard and packed .js files are available at code.jquery.com. jQuery Bugfixes This latest release addresses 53 problem tickets (including those fixed in [...]

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jQuery Ajax jQuery, John Resig’s Javascript library, makes Ajax easy for beginners and professionals alike. This article dives into using the various jQuery Ajax methods. Ajax Basics Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or Ajax, has become a catch-all term for client-initiated communications with a server. Specifically, Ajax usually refers to requests sent from a web browser [...]

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Javascript Frameworks Abound Do we really need another Javascript framework? There’s the Dojo Toolkit. It’s mature and includes the kitchen sink. Then there’s Prototype. It’s wildly popular and several popular UI layers are built on top of it, including script.aculo.us, Rico, and others. Of course, you can’t leave out mootools. It’s UI library, moo.fx, can [...]

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Another top-tutorial list. Top 20 Ajax Tutorials. Via digg.

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Google Maps Update (8 Mar 2009): Updated again to fix the constants broken by a change made by Google. Thanks to brian, who left a comment asking about the maps not working. Update (30 Jan 2007): Updated again to make a link in the popup actually open a new window. Did this by embedding a [...]

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If you are creating a web application and you need to have the ability to schedule resources (people, machines, Precious Moments figurines, etc) it can sometimes be a cumbersome task. With this drag and drop schedule you won’t have to worry about the end user making typos in an html form and causing more trouble [...]

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del.icio.us now provides linkrolls via javascript. All you have to do to use it is copy the following script to your editor (it’s all one line, so remove any line breaks): <script type=”text/javascript”src=”http://del.icio.us/feeds/js/techrageo.us/tech?tags;extended;count=14;title=my%20del.icio.us;bullet=%C2%BB;icon;sort=alpha”></script> Then adjust the querystring to your needs as follows Modify “techrageo.us” to whoever’s del.icio.us links you want to monitor Modify “tech” to [...]

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