The launch of Adobe Photoshop Express has been much anticipated. We are seeing the move of a large software company going from desktop to Web for a major application.
As Erick Schonfeld points out “Photoshop Express is by no means just Photoshop ported onto the web.”
I am a big fan of Picnik and for awhile was using it …

In this tutorial, I’d like to show how a JavaScript framework like mootools simplifies and reduces code, and I use a simulation of Digg’s FAQ page (where it hides and shows the answers when the answer is clicked) as a practical example.

The Ext JS user community has been extremely active producing some very cool user extensions to the framework. A new project that recently showed up is a Jabber client that includes:

Full rostermanagment
Instant notifications
Desktop look and feel
Tabbed chats
Wysiwyg messages

You can test out the Jabber client …

Dealing with file uploads can be a test of a Web framework. I personally long for the input type=”file” to be improved with items such as multiple=”true” for multiselection, let alone showing the status of the upload (20% complete).
The Jaxer folks have posted on Easy File Uploading using Aptana Jaxer which shows how you can tinker in JavaScript to …

Echo has been known as a Java server side component framework, but with the release of Echo 3, they have added a way to build component applications using JavaScript:

Client-side Echo applications do not require an application server, and can also be run entirely offline.
With Echo3, the formerly server-side-only component framework has been recreated in client-side JavaScript. This was not …

Slikcalc is a small javascript library that greatly simplifies creating dynamic javascript calculators. It works great for just about anything, ranging from calculating columns of values, to a complex custom formula. You can even write your own calculators and plug them into the framework with little effort.

Dustin Machi has written about his dojox.analytics package:

dojox.analytics is a small project, both in aspirations and in size. It has a simple goal of logging browser and application data to the server for review. This data can be used to monitor application performance, effectiveness, and quality, or it can be used for custom data collection to identify or monitor …

MooTools is a wonderful JavaScript framework, and since the actual community can be a scary place, I took it upon myself to share the effects I learn how to create. The first effect is the tooltip thumbnail image I have on my Home page.

Introducing a simple Javascript framework for displaying data using just HTML code.

Jonathan Snook will be conducting a live chat tomorrow (3/5/08) at 10:00am EST (15:00 GMT) via UStream. Here are the details:

Location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/snookca
Date/Time: 3/5/08 at 10:00am EST (15:00 GMT)
Topic: Q&A relating to Jonathan’s development work with Adobe AIR, and questions regarding JavaScript, frameworks (PHP or JavaScript), or about freelancing.

This is definitely a …

Exhibit is a three-tier web application framework written in Javascript, which you can include like you would include Google Maps.If you just want to show a few hundred records of data on maps, timelines, scatter plots, interactive tables, etc., why bother learning SQL, ASP, PHP, CGI, or whatever when you can just use Exhibit?

For a long time i wished to have the ability to move my XHTML or CSS code/formatting out of my javascript libraries. I lately heard about javascript templates engines. Either standalone or plugged into existing frameworks these tools are the next step for web developpers.I will only speak about tree of them …

Code igniter Forum topic about Javascript framework.

Vladimir Vukićević has posted on the performance improvements of Firefox 3 on the Mac, and how one hack, albeit “dangerous” has helped ton. Vladamir says:

While figuring all this out, I noticed that Safari/WebKit didn’t seem to be affected by this framerate cap — the fps meter when Safari was running the same benchmark happily went up beyond …

We have talked about a pQuery before, which was a PHP port of jQuery. Now we have a new pQuery for the Perl community:

pQuery is a pragmatic attempt to port the jQuery JavaScript framework to Perl. It is pragmatic in the sense that it switches certain JavaScript idioms for Perl ones, in order to make the use of …

A tutorial on how to code your own javascript framework. An animation example is provided along with details on how to extend it. A must read for any coder!

WebKit is an open source web browser engine. WebKit is also the name of the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that’s used by Safari, Dashboard, Mail, and many other OS X applications. WebKit’s HTML and JavaScript code began as a branch of the KHTML and KJS libraries from KDE.

Add effects or Ajax to your website with one of these JavaScript frameworks. Includes links to demo’s and tutorials.

Prototype framework hack for properly working in the Firefox chrome/XUL environment.

The Ext team has posted about a new community initiative that has been kicked off by Coolite, the same guys that brought you the cool ninja-inspired DateJS parsing library.
Coolite Studio, a suite of professional ASP.NET Web Controls built on the Ext JavaScript Framework, aims to make it easy for .Net developers to use Ext’s UI components …

The Simplicity PHP Application Framework is an advanced, scalable and extensible PHP application framework to aid developers in creating high traffic, high availability Web 2.0 online applications. Integrating a solid MVC framework with some of the best Open Source projects around Simplicity aims to assist developers with any amount of experience in taking their applications to a new level….

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the different IDEs and the support they offer for the various JavaScript libraries. Ext’s uber-coder, Jack Slocum, has put up a blog entry explaining which IDEs support the Ext JS framework:
The Ext 2.0 API is very extensive and remembering all of the functions, properties or configs available is virtually impossible. …

Adobe Dreamweaver isn’t know for it’s JavaScript support let alone coding help for the popular JavaScript libraries and frameworks. Up to now, developers and designers who’ve used DW for their client-side work have been left out of the fun of other IDEs such as Eclipse and Komodo . That’s all changed now that to a couple new extensions …

Lipsiadmin is a framework that generates Ext 2.0 views on top of your Rails 2.0 application, a compelling duo indeed.
You can strap into your migrations to add menus such as:
PLAIN TEXT
RUBY:

# I will create also my menu
menu = Menu.create(:name => "Articles", :admin => true, :position => 1)
# And my
menu.menuitems.create(:name => …

Bill Orcutt just announced the first beta release of Lily, an open source, Mozilla based visual programming environment written in Javascript. Lily is a very neat way of building an application by connecting modules which handle the intricacies of working with data, animation and sound. It’s a testament to the power of JavaScript:
I’m happy to announce the …

Learn how we can design our client side application with aspect-oriented approach along with object-oriented approach using the open source web framework “Humax”.

The Ext team released version 2.0.1 of Ext JS. This is a maintenance release that fixes several issues with the 2.0 release. Some notable issues that have been addressed include:

Fixed various overflow/scroll issues related to form fields and grid
Workaround included for the Firefox 2.0/Mac overflow:auto invisible scrollbar bug
Fixed several issues related to destroying form elements
Multiple GridView and …

Martin Rehfeld has released a Rails plugin that generates Ext JS scaffolds

The Ext Scaffold Generator Plugin provides a custom MIME type alias :ext_json to be able to handle requests from the Ext frontend separately. The generated controllers show how to do this.
To make data delivery to the Ext frontend easy, the plugin extends the Array and ActiveRecord::Base …

The Tatami project is an attempt to integrate the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and the DOJO JavaScript framework. Tatami pulls in DOJO’s rich widgets and utilities (like fisheye, slider, drag and drop functionality) and makes them accessible to the GWT as widgets and helpers. Tatami is compatible with the GWT 1.4 final version.

Starbox, a free rating box build based on Prototype javascript framework.

CommandProxy is a proof of concept by Mike Chambers (Adobe AIR team) that offers a solution to a feature that Ben and I have wanted in AIR…. the ability to talk to native code:

Two of the most requested features for Adobe AIR have been the ability to launch native executables from an AIR application, and …

Quooxdoo 0.7.3 has been released, and although it is primarily a maintenance release, they did sneak it:

Cross-browser logging features based on Firebug Lite
A source-code validation utility similar to JSLint, executed by a simple “make lint”
Re-worked feedreader to demonstrate best practices for application development
Early preview of the next-generation build tool generator2.

The full release …

You program in Java, it makes it Javascript for your client side for you, plus provides you with IDE integration and a runtime debug tool for your client side that operates in concert with your browser.Is it mature enough???!

Starbox allows you to easily create all kinds of rating boxes using just one PNG image. The library is build on top of the Prototype javascript framework. For some extra effects you can add Scriptaculous as well. Check the demos below to see what Starbox is all about and read on for more information on how to customize your own …

David Geary and Rob Gordon have launched a companion Website to their book on GWT.
The website uses GWT itself of course, and the most interesting section is the example code that they have made available:

This stack panel contains some examples from GWT Solutions.
These examples showcase the power of GWT. Short of implementing cross-browser JavaScript and integrating it …

Todd Ditchendorf has released Fluid, a Site Specific Browser that allows you to ditch the 30 tabbed browser, and run web applications in the own world (icon etc):

Fluid 0.4 includes Dock badges and Dock menus for Gmail, Google Reader, and Yahoo! Mail, auto-software updates via the Sparkle Update framework, custom SSB …

Ext is a client-side, JavaScript framework for building web applications.

Mozilla has launched yet another project from its labs: Mozilla Labs Weave:

As the Web continues to evolve and more of our lives move online, we believe that Web browsers like Firefox can and should do more to broker rich experiences while increasing user control over their data and personal information.
One important area for exploration is …

Prototip allows you to easily create both simple and complex tooltips using the Prototype javascript framework. If you also use Scriptaculous you can even add some nice effects to them.

Starbox allows you to easily create all kinds of rating boxes using just one PNG image. The library is build on top of the Prototype javascript framework. For some extra effects you can add Scriptaculous as well. Check the demos below to see what Starbox is all about and read on for more information on how to customize your own …

When the news broke that DWR had joined the Dojo Foundation, it left a lot of questions regarding the future of the DWR framework. Joe Walker aims to address the future of DWR in his recent post, DWR: State of the Union.
So DWR is now part of the Dojo Foundation. I thought it would be good …

IT Mill Toolkit 5 is a new server-side Java UI framework for Rich Internet Applications that does not require any XML or JavaScript programming. New widgets can be created completely in Java as the frameworks client-side is bu

With the continuous growth of AJAX technologies adoption, many developers and architects are still trying and sometimes struggling to determine what are the best ways to evaluate Java Script frameworks/libraries. Brian Raindel offered some advice on the various aspects one should consider during the selection process,

When Silverlight came out of the gate, some were pretty surprised to see that there were no UI controls such as buttons. Really? I have to draw the components myself? You could tell that they went after Flash.old. Well, this was a 1.x release, and it is getting better. Scott Guthrie just announced some plans for Silverlight where they …

You don’t need to use a javascript framework to compact your code. If you frequently select unique DOM elements, you should create a dollar function for the sake of yourself and your users.

We have seen the betas and the release candidates. Now we see the final release of Ext 2.0. Major congratulations to Jack, Rey, and the entire Ext community.

The Ext team is proud to announce that the official release of Ext v2.0 is available for download. This new version of the Ext framework is the culmination of many long …

The Ext team is proud to announce that the official release of Ext v2.0 is available for download. This new version of the Ext framework is the culmination of many long hours of work and dedication by the Ext Core team as well as our community of testers and supporters. Ext 2.0 is a dramatic step forward from all previous …

The first public release of Radria. Its a collection of web based, open source, RAD tools to build PHP and Javascript web applications. Just from your web browser you can create database driven application with drag drop, point and click and real WYSIWYG. Component oriented with tons of add-on. Simple API to integrate your own script or framework

Using cool javascript frameworks like MooTools, YUI, Dojo, Prototype, etc. is a lot of fun, but not always functional. Without Yahoo maintaining page functionality for users without javascript, my user experience at Yahoo! would’ve been very negative. Instead, Yahoo earned my respect.

Exhibit is a three-tier web application framework written in Javascript, which you can include like you would include Google Maps.