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Load a page with javascript

Someone asked me : “I would like this site to automatically load a certain page (1-31) depending on what day of the month it is (1-31)”

Ask Dan : More on javascript threading

From time to time, I receive emails from desperate people who want help with their javascript problem. I also receive a lot of emails of people wanting to help me with my “manly problems”. It’s very nice from them to care about me and I take time to reply to each of them but I [...]

Ask Dan : Friggin’ libraries

I received two questions about librairies in the Ask Dan a javascript question serie. Don’t forget to ask me your questions too by sending a mail at dan@javascriptkata.com. Effects Camilou asked Is it too hard to a poor mortal like me to achieve that fancy effects that some libraries like Prototype do offer? I mean, [...]

Ask Dan : Procedural VS object-oriented in javascript

Since the beginning of Ask Dan a javascript question, I received a bunch of questions. Here’s the first one I received. It’s from Andrew Worcester. There seems (to me anyway) to be an overuse of the “new” syntax in libraries. If I create an Ajax object is there a functional benefit to using: “new Ajax.Request(options)” [...]

Ask Dan a javascript question : first edition

I proudly announce a new attracting feature for javascriptkata.com : Ask Dan a javascript question. What is Ask Dan a javascript question? Ask Dan a javascript question is the new attracting feature of javascriptkata.com. Readers (you) ask Dan (me) a javascript question and that will be answered on javascriptkata.com. There’s more! When asking Dan a [...]