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JQuery on Rails

Rey — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:58:45 +0000

The JRails library is a useful tool for programmers working on Rails.

jRails is a drop-in jQuery replacement for Prototype/script.aculo.us on Rails. Using jRails, you can get all of the same default Rails helpers for JavaScript functionality using the lighter jQuery library.

I plan to start programming with Rails soon so I’ll definitely be adding this to my arsenal.
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Learning Adobe Air

Henry B. — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:26:13 +0000

Jonathan Snook has a great article on 24ways.org about creating an Adobe Air application using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This is a great way for web developers who don’t know much or don’t care about Flash to get started.

I’d like to push this further by creating a desktop app that can also live on the web. Maybe even communicate with the desktop version.

You can check out Snook’s article here.
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Tips to Build PHP Web App in 66.5hrs

Henry B. — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:23:32 +0000

Here’s a blog post about one guy building an full blown dating site called Mingle2 in 66.5 hours. I’m not sure how good the application is but the tips are pretty good.
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YUI Theater

Henry B. — Tue, 15 May 2007 05:38:23 +0000

Checkout this post on the YUI blog about JavaScript videos in the YUI Theater. Its a great intro to the fundamentals of JavaScript and some more advanced topics if you check out the related videos also presented by Douglas Crockford.