Avoiding JavaScript Memory Leaks

You may not know it, but almost every site you visit that uses JavaScript is leaking memory. That may sound like an exaggeration, but it’s true. With so many of the so called Web 2.0 sites using Ajax, and many depending on external frameworks like Prototype, script.…

AJAX Design Patterns

I’ve been working on an ASP.NET project which requires quite a bit of client interactivity, so I’m leaning towards AJAX, and its turning out quite well so far. During the course of research I stumpled upon this neat collection of design patterns and frameworks for…

The Browser and Offline Web Apps

When Firefox 3.0 is released later this year, the open-source browser is likely to support an interesting new feature called offline web applications. This will be a significant move because you’ll be able to use your web apps (like Gmail, your online calendar, an online collaborative spreadsheet,…

If they were Gzipped, everyone will save bandwidth

What’s common among these websites: Digg, MSN, Orkut, Reddit, Wikipedia, eBay, Blogger and Flickr. Besides being some of the most popular, they are also prone to the excessive bandwidth consumption. And believe it or not, if each one of these web sites was “Gzipped”, then everyone…

dojo Javascript Toolkit

dojo is an open source Javascript toolkit. Checkout the examples/demos (see it in action link). A really cool widget library for web development.…