Create Web Based Spreadsheet With jQuery.Sheet

jQuery.Sheet is a very useful jQuery plugin that lets you to easily add powerful spreadsheet component in your webpage. It will take care of creation, viewing, and editing processes; so that you can concentrate on building your application around it. You can change the look and feel of your spreadsheet using jQuery UI ThemeRoller.

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Create Twitter-Style Dropdowns Using jQuery

Twitter does some great stuff with javascript. What I really appreciate about what they do is that there aren’t any epic JS functionalities — they’re all simple touches. One of those simple touches is the “Login” dropdown on their homepage.

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Embed Google Maps Directions With jQuery GPS

jQuery GPS is a lightweight jQuery plugin that enables you to easily add clean Google maps directions (without unwanted features) in your website. It provides you control over look and feel of input fields and the output. jQuery GPS uses Google Maps API, and you must get your own API key to use this plugin.

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slideGallery: Multifunctional Slide Carousel For MooTools

slideGallery is a MooTool plugin that you can use to add highly customizable slideshow / carousels in your webpage. You can configure it to display one or more images in a single slide and move either in horizontal or vertical direction. slideGallery is a cross browser plugin that works in all popular web browsers.

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Book Review: MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide

In the interest in full disclosure, I was sent this book by Packt Publishing in hopes that I would review it. I’m reviewing this book, however, in the interest of my audience. Unless you live under a rock or simply check my site for Christina Ricci pics every morning, you know I’m a bit of a MooTools fanboy.

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Create Twitter-Style Dropdowns Using MooTools

Twitter does some great stuff with javascript. What I really appreciate about what they do is that there aren’t any epic JS functionalities — they’re all simple touches. One of those simple touches is the “Login” dropdown on their homepage.

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Create a Simple News Scroller Using Dojo

My journey into Dojo javascript has been exciting and I’m continuing to learn more as I port MooTools scripts to Dojo. My latest experiment is porting a simple new scroller from MooTools to Dojo. The code is very similar! View Demo The HTML News Item 1 Pellentesque habitant morbi…

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“MooTools as a General Purpose Application Framework” by Christoph Pojer

I wanted to bring attention to an outstanding presentation given by MooTools Core Developer Christoph Pojer .  Given at FOSDEM 2010, Christoph provides an overview of what MooTools is, who should use it, how it should be used.  Examples are given throughout the presentation.  I highly recommend MooTools users of all experience levels watch this video, as well as jQuery or Dojo users looking to simply understand what this framework is about. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter and be sure to visit Script & Style for the best Javascript and CSS articles around! Sponsor the David Walsh Blog and get your brand in front of several thousand users per day! “MooTools as a General Purpose Application Framework” by Christoph Pojer Related posts: Book Review: PHP5 CMS Framework Development 8 Considerations For Choosing Your Javascript Framework 5 Ways to Contribute to Your Favorite Javascript Framework When Javascript Frameworks Collide MooTools, Framework Compatibility, and Dollar $afe Mode

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jCore: Open Source Multisite CMS

jCore is an open source Content Management System (CMS) build using PHP and MySQL. It can power multiple websites, enabling you to keep CMS software up to date and fix bugs for all websites from a single location. jCore has two main systems, jCore Server – which holds all the libraries and modules, and jCore Client – which is the stripped version of the core system that install with each website.

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