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Event Bubbling example

Event Bubbling

Javascript events are handled in a very particular way...
a way that isn't always immediately intuitive. For an excellent description of just how this all works, check out this article over on quirksmode.org. The purpose of this post is to give you a practical knowledge of how this actually works, as well as point out a few quirks.

Songbird Recipe: Playlists

Here's a quick javascript+XPCOM recipe on how to get a list of the user's playlists in a songbird extension.

Buttonr

Buttonr is a javascript webapp for making ajax-looking buttons. Now, there are several tool of this sort already available, but this one has one critical difference: 100% javascript. no PHP. no Flash. no serverside image manipulation whatsoever. Why hasn't anyone else done this? Because drawing text in a javascript canvas isnt built-in, and most people dont even know it's possible.

Flipbookr

Flipbookr is an online app that allows you to create flipbooks -- the oldschool form of animation. It is created in javascript and has a python backend for exporting and image manipulation.

JsSnake

JsSnake is a game based on the classic "Snake" written in javascript, that runs in the browser. It isn't an exact clone of snake, however. It includes several new features such as portals, multi-point apples (yes, the snake eats apples....), and mongooses!

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