javascript editor eclipse+ide plugin
JSEclipse is the best and free Javascript plug-in for the Eclipse IDE environment. Originally produced by InterAKT, it became Adobe Labs pet after Adobe acquired InterAKT to enhance existing product lines, including Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Flex.
JSEclipse prerelease 2 released on April 2, 2007. Designed to help web developers edit JavaScript [...]
metaprogramming javascript
Metaprogramming is the writing of programs that write or manipulate other programs (or themselves) as their data or that do part of the work that is otherwise done at run time during compile time. In many cases, this allows programmers to get more done in the same amount of time as they would [...]
javascript DOM API standards future-proof
Dean Edwards has come out with what he calls Yet Another JavaScript Library Without Documentation. This library doesn’t do anything interesting like script.aculo.us or jQuery. It only does standards. But if you build on standards in the right way, you can help future-proof your scripted pages.
opera developer webdeveloper tools inspector DOM css javascript firebug Opera now includes a cool Firebug-inspired developer tool named Opera Developer Console that can be added into the browser with many new features. The developer console includes new tools including DOM inspector, JavaScript inspector, CSS editor and HTTP header inspector.
javascript firefox ajax web2.0 tools development So what’s that cool about FireBug? Its Firefox extension with neat console, javascript debugger and inspector for all modern web developer’s needs. FireBug lets you explore the far corners of the DOM by keyboard or mouse. All of the tools you need to poke, prod, and monitor your JavaScript, [...]
javascript editor eclipse-ide web2.0 Notable javascript editor updated:
All prototype.js and script.aculo.us class extending idioms are now recognized
Full YAHOO framework support
Major performance improvement for content outline (smoother reparsing)
debugger keyword generates a line breakpoint marker in the editor - not an error
New button on the content outline toolbar to hide fields
var /** Object */ a; provides information [...]
ajax dojo framework
Dojo is the Open Source JavaScript toolkit that helps you build serious applications in less time. It fills in the gaps where JavaScript and browsers don’t go quite far enough, and gives you powerful, portable, lightweight, and tested tools for constructing dynamic interfaces. Dojo lets you prototype interactive widgets quickly, animate transitions, [...]
seo experiments google trends fun
Experimenting with Google Trends (http://www.google.com/trends), I decided to check popular web-related programming languages/technologies popularity (Try it yourself).
Results are rather predictable:
Java — probably biased by coffee lovers
PHP — most natural result
.NET, ASP, C# — no comments
Perl, Python, Ruby — even jewelry and zoological sites did not helped :(
refactoring software programming ReSharper In software engineering, the term refactoring means modifying source code without changing its external behavior, and is sometimes informally referred to as “cleaning it up”. In extreme programming and other agile methodologies refactoring is an integral part of the software development cycle: developers alternate between adding new tests and functionality and [...]