#javascript
17 posts tagged “javascript”.
Four eras of the web: How to survive the next
August 3, 2026
Access on a shared drive, server-rendered PHP, the application in the browser, server rendering again — four eras of the web, and how you survive the next.
Writing a Big Application in Ext (Part 3)
March 14, 2009
The mistakes beginners make when extending Ext classes, collected from years of forum support — each error, and why it is an error. A running catalogue rather than a finished lecture.
Writing a Big Application in Ext (Part 2)
February 2, 2009
A year on, the pre-configured-classes approach proven on a real ~60,000-line application — and defended against the forum critics who called it an "absolute abomination". What the concept actually is, and why the objections miss.
Writing a Big Application in Ext (Part 1)
April 12, 2008
Once an Ext application outgrows a single HTML page with a script tag, it needs a structure. The first part of a three-part method: pre-configured classes, one class per file, and an application you can actually search, maintain and debug.
Changing the viewpoint to Ext
April 2, 2008
Coming to Ext from the PHP/MySQL world meant unlearning almost everything — the server stops generating markup, and the application moves into the browser. My forum post from June 2007, reposted with a note on how much had already changed by 2008.
How to remove all children of a tree node
March 4, 2009
It is easy. Check it out.
Displaying 1:n Data in Grid
May 11, 2008
Imagine that you have a one-to-many relationship in your database, for example, you have table person in which you keep personal data (first, middle, last names, etc.) and you have table phone where you keep phone numbers (phone type, phone number). It is quite common to have person:phones, company:phones, order:items, invoice:items, etc relationships.
xtype defined
May 9, 2008
There has been a lot of confusion I have observed on the Ext Forums as to xtype. Some people ignore it fully, some think that it is what it is not. So I've decided to clarify it.
Extension or Plugin?
April 28, 2008
Should we code our special functionality we need to add to Ext or Touch as extension or as plugin? This article discusses differences and use cases of both approaches to give you all information you need for right decisions on the matter.
Array Overrides
April 17, 2008
Set methods JavaScript's Array lacked in 2008 — intersect, union, unique, copy — plus a deep clone and a conditional override for what the browser already has.
How to switch between Production and Development system
April 15, 2008
One file list drives both the switch and the Makefile: commented sources included one by one while you develop, a single compressed build in production.
Designing a 3 columns web page using TableLayout
April 4, 2008
One of the possibilities of designing 3 column layout.
How to build a Tree from static data
April 4, 2008
Building a tree from static data example
How to keep expanded state of Accordion items
April 4, 2008
This post shows how to implement stateful accordion.
Inline Anonymous Funcion Pattern
April 3, 2008
Inline Anonymous Funcion Pattern
Button With Buffered Clicks
April 2, 2008
Users who double-click everything were adding two records at a time. One config fixes it: buffer the click listener so only the last click in 200ms runs.
Defer Inline Anonymous Function Pattern
April 2, 2008
See how to defer execution of an inline function.