Posts for August, 2008
Object oriented javascript slides and samples
In 2008 I did a talk at a .NET user group in Oxford about the nuts and bolts of how objects actually work in javascript. Here are the presentation slides and code samples.Published in Javascript, My presentations, Web development on Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Javascript anonymous functions
Anonymous functions are functions that are dynamically declared at runtime. They’re called anonymous functions because they aren’t given a name in the same way as normal functions. Anonymous functions are declared using the function operator. You can use the function operator to create a new function wherever it’s valid to put an expression. For example [...]Published in Javascript on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Functions are first class objects in javascript
Functions in javascript are first class objects. This means that javascript functions are just a special type of object that can do all the things that regular objects can do. Really, just like any other variable Here are a few of the important objects things that you can do with a function in javascript. A [...]Published in Javascript on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Building simple objects
Javascript objects are basically just hash tables, a group of related properties and functions that can be accessed by a key. Properties are dynamically added at runtime. Methods are just properties that happen to be functions. Building a simple object The simplest way to build objects in Javascript is by declaring a new variable of [...]Published in Javascript on Sunday, August 17th, 2008
How javascript objects work
This is a series of articles about how to use the javascript language features to write object oriented type code. It's designed for people who are already sold on the idea of bundling functionality up into objects and want to know the javascript way of doing things.Published in Javascript on Sunday, August 17th, 2008
VS2008 SP1 – Microsoft replace my VS with a new one
I just downloaded VS2008 SP1. I just have to wonder what they’re patching that takes 831MB. The installed parts on my harddrive is only 700MB and surely they’re not making me download all the help, bitmaps and tools again? :) At least they have fast servers. :)Published in .NET on Friday, August 15th, 2008
Saving server control properties to ViewState with custom attributes
Use custom attributes to take the tedious work out of creating server control properties that persist to ViewState. Declare a normal property and use an Attribute to tag it for storage to ViewState. See how to use reflection to see which properties need to be persisted.Published in Server controls on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
IETester: test IE5.5 to IE8 on the same computer
My favourite new webdev tool of the moment is IETester. You can use it to test pages in IE5.5, IE6, IE7 and IE8 all on the same machine without messing around with your main installed version of IE. I was pretty amazed when I saw it because I’d always believed that it was a bit [...]Published in Browsers, Tools on Thursday, August 7th, 2008
