It has been a while since a framework was again the focus of developers. When JavaScript and Ajax is in its early stage in terms of popularity and adoption, the easiest and fastest way for developers to build an Ajax based application is to frameworks.
MapReduce Framework
Script.aculo.us is a popular website known for the scripts and libraries that you can apply to your website. Every budding developer who might find coding a little bit difficult can use the website and access some scripts and tools for easy implementation.Aside from hosting large quantities of codes, Script.aculo.us also has a framework that will work great for Ajax.
Using Scriptaculous as Framework of Ajax
I found a really cool Firefox addon called FireQuery. This addon enables you to inject jQuery into any web page. This is a nice way to see how any web page behaves with jQuery.
Normally I would write a small article on how to use this technology, but I felt like doing something different so I made a short screencast on FireQuery and how to use it. Hopefully you’ll find it a useful tool as well.
Inject jQuery into a webpage using a FireFox addon - FireQuery
I have been doing a lot of Client-Side development recently and I have found these 7 tools of great help to improve the performance of the website by ‘shrinking’ the size of JavaScript and CSS files, referenced in the site.
JSMin (JavaScript Minifier) – removes comments and unnecessary whitespace from JavaScript files ..etc
7 Free Tools to Minify your Scripts and CSS
This time we are going to create a simple AJAX website with jQuery and the right amount of PHP & CSS. It is going to have a few pages loaded by AJAX from the PHP back-end, and a complete support of the browser history – a real pain for any AJAX or Flash site .
So get the demo files and lets start rollin’.
A simple AJAX website with jQuery
Providing a simple and reliable means of feedback from site visitors is a crucial part of any web presence. The most simple and common feedback channel are contact forms.
We are using PHP, CSS and jQuery with the help of the formValidator plugin for form validation and the JQTransform plugin, which will style all the input fields
A Fancy AJAX Contact Form
Today we are making a cool & simple login / registration system. It will give you the ability to easily create a member-only area on your site and provide an easy registration process.
It is going to be PHP driven and store all the registrations into a MySQL database.
Making A Cool Login System With PHP, MySQL & jQuery
