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20 Amazing JavaScript Libraries
By Karthik Viswanathan on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Tags: javascript | 4 Comments »
JavaScript Libraries are vital when using animation, special effects, or complex structures. Though there are ways to accomplish tasks without them, they clearly reduce code time and provide efficient algorithms. Who could resist writing a single line of code instead of twenty?
In this article, we present 20 Amazing JavaScript libraries that let you traverse HTML, create graphs, apply rounded corners, and so much more. Each of these libraries is hand-picked by Lateral Code to provide you a better coding experience. Without further ado, let’s begin:
15 Exceptional JQuery Resources And Tutorials
By Karthik Viswanathan on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Tags: javascript | 12 Comments »
Since it first began, jQuery has had a profound effect on the web design world. Its famous slogan, “write less, do more”, exemplifies its true nature and ability. Throughout the past year, hundreds of thousands of jQuery tutorials and resources have been released. They range from a simple HTML change to dynamic sliders and charts.
Below we present 15 exceptional jQuery resources and tutorials which we have hand-picked from the wide range of articles. These resources not only help you accomplish amazing things, but they do it with style and elegance. Follow along as we count down 15 of the best jQuery resources out there.
Using Load Icons
By Karthik Viswanathan on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Tags: javascript, tutorial | 5 Comments »
Imagine a situation in which you enter a new site. The content you are desperately searching for doesn’t seem to be loading. You don’t know whether something is actually loading, or if it is just not there. You finally decide to exit the page.
This situation can be very typical when websites generally need large files to be downloaded. In order to combat such a situation, a load icon may be used to signify that something is loading.
In this simple tutorial, I will take you through the usage of one of these icons in your own website.
Text replacement with Cufón
By Patrick Lin on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | Tags: javascript | 10 Comments »
For a very long time, the web was filled with very plain fonts.
Unpleased with this lack of variety, a group of developers invented sIFR, which used Javascript and Flash to replace boring text with lively fonts. But sIFR had a problem: not everyone liked or used Flash. It was also slow.
Then, David Chester created typeface.js. typeface.js was brilliant in that it was purely Javascript, with no Flash involved. But typeface.js was slow to load and required large files.
And most recently from Simo Kinnunen came cufón, which we will look at here.
Slideshow With Buttons
By Karthik Viswanathan on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | Tags: javascript, tutorial | 7 Comments »
Previously, I presented a simple slideshow to enhance the user’s experience. To add some extra features and “buff” up this technique, follow along as I create a slideshow with buttons.
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Take a Step Back
All of the features used in this post will strongly rely on the ones previously presented. Please take a minute to look back at the previous slideshow post so that you are not completely lost. It is assumed that you know the HTML setup from the previous post.
Remember to setup a slideshow using an unordered list:
<ul class="ppt">
<li><img src="somePhoto.jpg" alt="Your photo description"></img></li>
<li><img src="someOtherPhoto.jpg" alt="Your other photo description"></img></li>
(etc.)
</ul>