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Professional JavaScript/Web App Development
I want to get better at web development. I can use jQuery fine, I can get relatively complex client side interactions working. I know the basics of catching an error in jQuery and setting status ...
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Is there a canonical book on creating highly interactive websites (eg. “Flash” like) with HTML5/CSS3/JS/jQuery?
I know some of the basics of these technologies already, but it is mostly limited to more static sites. Using things like HTMl5 semantic elements, CSS3 gradients, shadows, @font-face etc.
Is there a ...
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Why to keep wrapping closure in each js-file if it can be added after concatenating?
At the moment every javasrcipt file in our project includes closure wrapper. Before deploying all files are concatenated and minimized.
And i'm asking myself, do we really need all that closures OR ...
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Can the overuse of custom taglibs disrupt the outsourcing of html designers?
Yesterday me and a friend were talking about the overuse of custom taglibs!
We create taglibs for everything! We create taglibs in order to wrap jQuery UI elements (tabs, button, etc), and other ...
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Handling and organizing data from save file?
I'm working on a webapp (python/javascript) to modify a game's save file. The file has certain bytes representing player information, such as the gun, the equipment, etc. The idea is to show an ...
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Best way of Javascript web development in Netbeans (Hot deployment)
I'm beginning Javascript development and as a beginner in JavaScript I make a lot of mistakes. The way I'm developing is very counter-productive because every mistake I fix I have to shutdown ...
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Design/Architecture Patterns & Practices for Web Development [closed]
Edited for brevity:
What software engineering tools/practices and design/architectural patterns are used in web application development? What tools and practices would large companies or large web ...
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What's the easiest web programming language to use to implement this type of website [closed]
I want to make a simple "switch-page" that a relative of mine can use to let me know they left home. It would appear as follows:
I need the button choice to be permanently stored on the web-site ...
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Storing data offline with javascript
My question is about storing data offline and potentially whether I will need to bring in an outside programmer or could this be learned within a few weeks?
The website I am working on will have an ...
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12answers
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What benefits are there to native JavaScript development?
Given how much simpler jQuery development is, when compared to native JavaScript, what makes people forgo libraries like jQuery altogether?
Is this because jQuery has limitations or it is slow? I ...
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Referencing external javascript vs. hosting my own copy
Say I have a web app that uses jQuery. Is it better practice to host the necessary javascript files on my own servers along with my website files, or to reference them on jQuery's CDN (example: ...
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JavaScript Multi Threading
Well these days JavaScript is main player in all web development technologies , on client side for making user interface better, client side logic, on some web servers as server side logic also
Add ...
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Should we use JavaScript and CGI variables to weed out bots from our visitor reports?
I am using ColdFusion 8 and jQuery 1.7.
** This is a programming question, because the solution I am questioning requires programming. It may not be the right solution to the problem, but if it is, ...
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Do CDNs (such as MSFT and Google) act on the referrer header sent by clients?
Will my site be automatically indexed, or search ranking affected based on my use (or non use) of the Google/MSFT CDN?
My clients will be sending them the referrer header which I may or may not want ...
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Why did Google develop a cross-compiler from Java to JavaScript? [closed]
Google developed a cross-compiler from Java to JavaScript. Why did they do this? Does this mean that JavaScript is not good enought for developing advanced web apps?
