Just for fun I wrote this little benchmark to measure the rendering performance of current browsers in terms of DOM updates. Start benchmark Have a look at the screenshot: The screen consists of about 4000 tiny (16×16 pixel) DIVs, using an absolute layout (CSS-wise). So every DIV has a fixed position, the first div’s position … [Read more…]
Here is a little fun animation (in Javascript) I made recently. Click here to see the solar system (Firefox only) So what do we see? The planets of our solar system orbiting around the sun. The planets of our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptun and Uranus. Pluto has lost its … [Read more…]
I had a requirement recently to add a filter function to a table. It should look like that: Here you have a regular table. In the table header you can insert your search string: Here we go, our filtered results. Doing that requires only a couple of lines with the wonderful JQuery. The id … [Read more…]
Jeder kennt die Situation: Man entwickelt clientseitig z.B. mit Javascript, registriert dabei viele Events oder es wird an einer bestehenden Applikation gearbeitet und es muss das bestehende JavaScript angepasst werden. Wie behält man in beiden Fällen den Überblick über die Events auf einer Seite? Ein Tool, das ich im Rahmen einer Arbeit bei einem Kunden … [Read more…]
This article shows two possible ways to handle the problem of “Race Conditions” in Ajax.