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Javascript closures

Javascript closures are a really powerful feature of the javascript language. Closures are created when a function that’s nested inside another function accesses a variable from its parent’s scope. This is really useful for passing state around your application when the inner function is called after the outer function has exited. Javascript supports functions nested inside [...]
Published in Javascript, Web development on Friday, October 17th, 2008

New link for IE drip memory leak detector

I found a link to a new page for the really useful drip tool which looks for IE memory leaks in javascript code. There’s also been a new revision of the program by the guy who’s hosting it.
Published in Javascript, Tools, Web development on Wednesday, June 28th, 2006