Posts tagged with: JavaScript

Book Review: DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith

By Jay Buys May 9, 2008

I’ve had time lately to do a lot more reading and Jeremy Keith’s DOM Scripting book is another one that belongs on your shelf if you’re trying to learn any amount of JavaScript.  I’ve hated and avoided JavaScript for years, mostly because I started my career during the browser wars and quickly grew tired of having to write different code for different browsers.  Thankfully, those days are now mostly over and this book has made me love JavaScript again.

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Rollover images with unobtrusive DOM scripting

By Jay Buys April 12, 2008

There are about a million different scripts out there for doing JavaScript rollover images. Most of them however, aren’t very good. They often require multiple functions… one to preload the images, one to swap them on rollover, and another to swap them back. Worse still, they usually involve inserting JavaScript event handlers into your HTML code.

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JavaScript popups… The right way

By Jay Buys March 17, 2006

This isn’t about whether or not you should use popup windows. Everyone hates popups these days but sometimes they’re necessary so you should code them properly. I’m always surprised because 90% of sites still do them wrong so here’s a quick tip.

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